If each line that Salem created in her poem has 8 words, the total number of words in a stanza, which is 10 lines, is 8 words / line * 10 lines / stanza = 80 words / stanza. With 20 stanzas, each containing 80 words per stanza, the total is 80 words / stanza * 20 stanzas = 1600 words in all the stanzas(poem).
The answer: 1600
Reverse engineering the question: Salem loves to write poems, and she always stores her poem in a creativity box kept safely in her home library. Last week, she created a poem with 20 stanzas. If each stanza has 10 lines, and each line has 8 words, calculate the total number of words in the poem.
Reasoning and answer: She originally dropped 5000 / 25 = 200 kernels of popcorn. The squirrel ate 200 / 4 = 50 kernels of popcorn. Therefore, 200 - 50 = 150 kernels of popcorn remain on the ground.
The answer: 150
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Question: Jenny lives 5000 feet from her school, and every day she walks home. One day as she was walking home from school, she dropped 1 kernel of popcorn per 25 feet she walked. Later that evening, a squirrel came and ate one-quarter of the popcorn Jenny had dropped on her way home. If Jenny walks to school the following morning and counts the popcorn on the ground, what is the total number of popcorn kernels she will find remaining on the ground?
Before the purchase, Bert had 300 * 1 / 2 = 150 stamps. So after the purchase he has 300 + 150 = 450 stamps.
The answer: 450
Reverse engineering the question: Bert bought some unique stamps for his collection. Before the purchase, he had only half the stamps he bought. If he bought 300 stamps, how many stamps does Bert have in total after the purchase?
Reasoning and answer: The dog's total weight is 150 because 20 + 40 + 10 + 30 + 50 = 150. They need 15 pounds a day because 150 / 10 = 15.
The answer: 15
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Question: Paul has five dogs. For every 10 pounds they weigh, they need 1 pound of dog food per day. One weighs 20 pounds. One weighs 40. Another weighs 10. One weighs 30 and the final one weighs 50 pounds. How much dog food does he need each day?
She polished 50 + 10 = 60 large glasses. Therefore, Wendy polished 50 + 60 = 110 glasses.
The answer: 110
Reverse engineering the question: Wendy just started working at an Italian restaurant. She polished 50 small glasses and 10 more large glasses than small glasses. How many glasses did she polish?
For the first set of walls, each wall covers 3 meters wide * 2 meters tall = 6 square meters. There are two of these walls, so this becomes a total of 6 meters * 2 walls = 12 square meters. The third wall covers 5 meters wide * 2 meters tall = 10 square meters. The final wall covers 4 meters wide * 2 meters tall = 8 square meters. So in total, the paint needs to cover 12 + 10 + 8 = 30 metres. Since each can covers 2 meters, Lucille needs 30 meters / 2 = 15 cans of paint.
The answer: 15
Reverse engineering the question:
Lucille is painting her room. Two of her walls are 3 meters wide and 2 meters tall. The third wall is 5 meters wide and 2 meters tall. The final wall is 4 meters wide and 2 meters tall. If each can of paint covers 2 square meters, how many cans of paint does Lucille need?