Reasoning and answer: Missed:60 / 4 = 15. Wide Right:15(.20) = 3 field goals.
The answer: 3
What was the question?
Question: Wario is a field goal kicker on the high school football team. He attempts 60 field goals throughout the season. He misses 1/4 of the field goals. Of the field goals missed 20 percent were wide right. How many missed field goals went wide right?
The number of students accepted to the university is 20,000 * 0.05 = 1,000 students. The number of students who choose to attend the university is 1,000 * 0.9 = 900 students.
The answer: 900
Reverse engineering the question: In the fall, 20,000 high school students apply to Harvard University for college. In the spring, 5% of those 20,000 students are accepted to the university. Of the students who are accepted, 90% choose to attend the university, and the other 10% choose to go to other schools. How many students choose to attend Harvard University?
Reasoning and answer: He spent 17 + 11 = 28. So, he still has 100 28 = 72 remaining.
The answer: 72
What was the question?
Question: John goes to the market with 100. He buys a roast for 17 and vegetables for 11. How much money does he have left?
Jay spent 25 + 4 + 1 = 30 dollars. He received 50 - 30 = 20 dollars in change.
The answer: 20
Reverse engineering the question: Jay bought a book for $25, a pen for $4, and a ruler for $1. He paid with a fifty-dollar bill. How much change, in dollars, did Jay get?
Reasoning and answer: Jake weighs 8kg more than 52 kg which is 8 + 52 = 60 kg. Tracy and Jake together weigh 60 + 52 = 112kg. John therefore weighs 158 - 112 = 46 kg. The range of their weights is 60 - 46 = 14kg.
The answer: 14
What was the question?
Question: Tracy, John and Jake found their combined weight to be 158 kilograms. If Tracy weighs 52 kg and Jake weighs 8kg more than Tracy, what is the range of their weights?
Reasoning and answer: He runs for 3 hours because 2 x 1.5 = 3. He runs for 180 minutes because 3 x 60 = 180. He runs 15 miles because 180 / 12 = 15.
The answer: 15
What was the question?
Question:
While Paul watches movies, he runs on his treadmill. He can run a mile in 12 minutes. He watches two movies, which are an average length of 1.5 hours. How many miles does he run?