Reasoning and answer: Julie caught half the amount of Tabitha's 22 pieces so 22 / 2 = 11 pieces of candy caught by Julie. Carlos caught twice the amount of candy as Stan's 13 pieces so 2 * 13 = 26 pieces of candy caught by Carlos. All together, Tabitha caught 22 pieces, Stan had 13, Julie had 11 and Carlos had 26, so there were a total of 22 + 13 + 11 + 26 = 72 pieces of candy.
The answer: 72
What was the question?
Question: Tabitha and her friends were excited to go to the Christmas parade because they knew candy would be thrown to the crowd from the floats. Tabitha caught 22 pieces of candy. Stan caught 13 pieces. Julie caught half the amount of candy as Tabitha caught and Carlos caught twice as much candy as Stan. How many pieces in total did the friends catch?
If seven more rabbits are added to the thirteen in the cage, the total number becomes 7 + 13 = 20. Triple the number of rabbits in the cage is 3 * 20 = 60, the same as the number of rabbits that Jasper saw at the park today.
The answer: 60
Reverse engineering the question: If seven more rabbits are added to the thirteen in the cage, the number of rabbits in the cage will be 1/3 the number of rabbits Jasper saw in the park today. How many rabbits did Jasper see in the park today?
Reasoning and answer: The difference in cubic yards between the two cities is 9000 - 6400 = 2600 cubic yards. Since the number of people living in a city per cubic yard is 80, there are 80 * 2600 = 208000 more people living in a city with 9000 cubic yards than a city with 6400 cubic yards.
The answer: 208000
What was the question?
Question: In a city, the number of people living per cubic yard is 80. How many more people are in a city with 9000 cubic yards than a city with 6400 cubic yards?
The mom dog eats 1.5 cups of food * 3 = 4.5 cups per day. For 6 days the mom dog will need 6 * 4.5 cups = 27 cups of food. The puppies eat 1 / 2 cup of food * 2 = 1 cup per day. There are 5 puppies * 1 cup = 5 cups per day for the puppies. For the 6 days, the puppies will need 5 cups * 6 = 30 cups of food. Combined the dogs will need 27 cups + 30 cups = 57 cups.
The answer: 57
Reverse engineering the question: Joy fosters dogs. The mom foster dog eats 1.5 cups of food, three times a day. The puppies each eat 1/2 cup of food, twice a day. There are 5 puppies. How much food will Joy need for the next 6 days?
Reasoning and answer: He cuts 8 yards on both Saturday and Sunday so that's 2 * 8 = 16 yards. It takes him 30 minutes to cut 1 yard so it takes him 30 * 16 = 480 minutes. There are 60 minutes in 1 hour and it takes him 480 minutes so that's a total of 480 / 60 = 8 hours.
The answer: 8
What was the question?
Question: It takes Jason 30 minutes to cut 1 lawn in his neighborhood. If he cuts 8 yards on both Saturday and Sunday, how many hours does he spend cutting grass?
Reasoning and answer: First figure out how many minutes Carson spends at the carnival by multiplying the number of hours he's there by the number of minutes per hour: 4 hours * 60 minutes / hour = 240 minutes. Then figure out how long Carson spends waiting for the roller coaster by multiplying the wait time per ride by the number of rides: 4 rides * 30 minutes / ride = 120 minutes. Now subtract the time Carson spends on the roller coaster and tilt - a - whirl from the total time he spends at the park to find out how much time he has left: 240 minutes - 120 minutes - 60 minutes = 60 minutes. Now divide the time Carson has left by the wait time for the giant slide to see how many times he can ride it: 60 minutes / 15 minutes / ride = 4 rides.
The answer: 4
What was the question?
Question:
Carson is going to spend 4 hours at a carnival. The wait for the roller coaster is 30 minutes, the wait for the tilt-a-whirl is 60 minutes, and the wait for the giant slide is 15 minutes. If Carson rides the roller coaster 4 times and the tilt-a-whirl once, how many times can he ride the giant slide? (Wait times include the time actually spent on the ride.)