Come up with a question and reasoning that would justify this answer: 256
Question and rationale: The question is: A new condo development has 23 floors. Regular floors have 12 units, whereas penthouse floors have only 2 units. If the top 2 floors are assigned for penthouse units, how many units does this condo have in total?
Step-by-step reasoning process: If the condo has 23 floors and the top 2 floors are reserved for penthouse then there are 23 - 2 = 21 floors for regular units. If a regular floor has 12 units each, then 21 regular floors would have 12 * 21 = 252 units. If a penthouse floor has 2 units each, then 2 penthouse floors would have 2 * 2 = 4 units. The total units in the property would then be 252 regular + 4 penthouse or 252 + 4 = 256 units.

Come up with a question and reasoning that would justify this answer: 12
Question and rationale: The question is: Quinn catches twice the amount of frogs as Alster who caught 2. Bret catches three times the amount of frogs as Quinn. How many frogs did Bret catch?
Step-by-step reasoning process: Quinn catches twice the amount as Alster, who caught 2 frogs so Quinn caught 2 * 2 = 4 frogs. Bret catches three times the amount as Quinn who caught 4 frogs so Bret caught 3 * 4 = 12 frogs.

Come up with a question and reasoning that would justify this answer: 6
Question and rationale: The question is: Hasan is packing up his apartment because he's moving across the country for a new job. He needs to ship several boxes to his new home. The movers have asked that Hasan avoid putting more than a certain weight in pounds in any cardboard box. The moving company has helpfully provided Hasan with a digital scale that will alert him if a package is too heavy. Hasan is in the kitchen, and he fills a cardboard box with 38 dinner plates. When he checks the box, the scale reports his box is too heavy. Hasan knows each of his plates weighs 10 ounces. He removes a single plate from the box and checks the movers' scale again. The scale reports his box is still too heavy. Hasan repeats the process again and again. When he has removed enough plates, the movers' scale shows the box is now an acceptable weight for shipping. Hasan deduces that each shipping box can hold 20 pounds before the scale says the box is too heavy. How many plates did Hasan need to remove from the shipping box?
Step-by-step reasoning process: Let x be the number of plates removed from the box. Hasan figured out the movers' weight limit was 20 pounds. Since a pound is equal to 16 ounces, each box can hold 20 * 16, or 320 ounces. Each plate weighs 10 ounces, so the weight of the plates in the box after Hasan removes enough plates to satisfy the movers' weight limit is (38 - x) * 10 ounces. Since these two values are equal, we can write the equation (38 - x) * 10 = 320. Dividing both sides by 10 leaves 38 - x = 32. Adding x to both sides gives 38 x + x = 32 + x, or, 38 = 32 + x. Subtracting 32 from both sides gives the value of x, which is the number of plates removed from the box, 38 - 32 = 32 + x 32, or, 6 = x.

Come up with a question and reasoning that would justify this answer: 400
Question and rationale:
The question is: Brennan was researching his school project and had to download files from the internet to his computer to use for reference. After downloading 800 files, he deleted 70% of them because they were not helpful. He downloaded 400 more files but again realized that 3/5 of them were irrelevant. How many valuable files was he left with after deleting the unrelated files he downloaded in the second round?
Step-by-step reasoning process: The number of non - valuable files Brennan downloaded in the first round is 70 / 100 * 800 = 560 files. The number of valuable files Brennan downloaded in the first round is 800 - 560 = 240. When he downloaded 400 new files, there were 3 / 5 * 400 = 240 non - useful files, which he deleted again. The total number of valuable files he downloaded in the second round is 400 - 240 = 160. To write his research, Brennan had 160 + 240 = 400 useful files to reference to write his research.