Reasoning and answer: Nedy can eat 8 x 4 = 32 crackers from Monday to Thursday. He can eat 8 x 2 = 16 packs of crackers on Friday. Therefore, Nedy ate 32 + 16 = 48 crackers in all.
The answer: 48
What was the question?
Question: Nedy can eat 8 packs of crackers from Monday to Thursday. If Nedy ate twice the amount on Friday, how many crackers did Nedy eat in all?
The last 3 students had an average completion time of 35 seconds so the sum of their completion times was 3 * 35 = 105 seconds. All 4 students (now including the student who came first) had an average completion time of 30 seconds, meaning the sum of their completion times is 4 * 30 = 120 seconds. The student who came first spent 120 - 105 = 15 seconds in the race.
The answer: 15
Reverse engineering the question: 4 students participated in a 200m race. If the average completion time of the last three students was 35 seconds, and the average completion time of all four runners was 30 seconds, how long (in seconds) did it take the student who came first to finish the race?
Reasoning and answer: John was 39 - 3 = 36 years old 3 years ago. So that means in 6 years James will be 36 / 2 = 18 years old. So right now James is 18 - 6 = 12 years old. So James's older brother is 12 + 4 = 16 years old.
The answer: 16
What was the question?
Question: John has just turned 39. 3 years ago, he was twice as old as James will be in 6 years. If James' older brother is 4 years older than James, how old is James' older brother?
The weight of soda was 6 * 12 = 72 ounces. It had to support the weight of 6 + 2 = 8 empty cans. The weight of the empty cans is 8 * 2 = 16 ounces. So it must support 72 + 16 = 88 ounces.
The answer: 88
Reverse engineering the question: John builds a toy bridge to support various weights. It needs to support 6 cans of soda that have 12 ounces of soda. The cans weigh 2 ounces empty. He then also adds 2 more empty cans. How much weight must the bridge hold up?
Reasoning and answer: Let's calculate the total price of video games: 35 X 3 / game = 105. Now let's find out how much money Geoffrey has left by subtracting his spending from his starting amount of cash: 125 - 105 = 20.
The answer: 20
What was the question?
Question: For his birthday, Geoffrey received clothes and money. His grandmother gave him 20, his aunt 25 and his uncle 30. With what he already had, he now has 125 in his wallet. He goes to a video game store and gets 3 games that cost 35 euros each. How much does he have left after this purchase?
Reasoning and answer: First we need to determine the bonus percentage, which is found by dividing the bonus amount by the amount John made for the year, taking 10,000 / 100,000 = .10, or 10 percent. Then, we take John's earnings from this year and multiply them by the same percentage, taking 200,000 * .1 = 20,000 dollars in bonuses. We then add these two numbers together, for a total of 200,000 + 20,000 = 220,000 dollars.
The answer: 220000
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Question:
John gets a bonus that's the same percentage every year. Last year he made $100,000 and got a $10,000 bonus. This year he makes $200,000. How much will John make this year when adding both his total pay and bonus together?