If 5,000 square feet represents one - quarter of the second floor storage space, then the second floor has 5,000 * 4 = 20,000 square feet of storage space. Since the first floor has twice as much space as the second floor, then the first floor has 20,000 * 2 = 40,000 square feet of storage space. Altogether, when empty, the entire building has 20,000 + 40,000 = 60,000 square feet of storage space. Since the second floor has 5,000 square feet of storage space filled with boxes, then there are 60,000 - 5,000 = 55,000 square feet of unused storage space still available in the building.
The answer: 55000
Reverse engineering the question: Bubba bought a new two-story warehouse. When empty, the first floor of the building contains twice as much floor space for storage as the second floor. The first items he brought into his empty building were several thousand boxes; and he put them all on the second floor, which filled one-quarter of the second floor storage space. If the boxes used up 5,000 square feet of storage space, how many square feet of storage space is still available in the building?
Reasoning and answer: Currently, Mark is reading books for 2 * 7 = 14 hours weekly. His goal is to read books, for 14 + 4 = 18 hours during one week.
The answer: 18
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Question: Mark is reading books, for 2 hours each day. He decided to increase his time spent on reading books weekly, by 4 hours. How much time does Mark want to spend during one week on reading books?
He trains 4 * 2 = 8 hours per day. He trains 7 - 2 = 5 days. So he trains 8 * 5 = 40 hour per week. That means he trains 40 * 52 = $2080.
The answer: 2080
Reverse engineering the question: James trains for the Olympics. He trains twice a day for 4 hours each time for all but 2 days per week. How many hours does he train a year?
Reasoning and answer: First find the number of complaints per day when the store is short - staffed: 120 complaints / day * 4 / 3 = 160 complaints / day. Then find the number of complaints per day when the self - checkout is broken and they're short - staffed: 160 complaints / day * 1.2 = 192 complaints / day. Then multiply the number of complaints per day by the number of days to find the total number of complaints: 192 complaints / day * 3 days = 576 complaints.
The answer: 576
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Question: The Jacksonville Walmart normally gets 120 customer complaints per day. That number increases by 1/3rd when they're short-staffed and this increases by another 20% when the self-checkout is broken. If the store was short-staffed and the self-checkout was broken for 3 days, how many complaints does the store get?
The difference in age between Teresa and Morio is 71 - 59 = 12 years. When their daughter is born, Teresa is 38 - 12 = 26 years old.
The answer: 26
Reverse engineering the question: Teresa is 59 and her husband Morio is 71 years old. Their daughter, Michiko was born when Morio was 38. How old was Teresa when she gave birth to Michiko?
He saved up $110 total because 95 + 15 = 110. He saved $15 from his allowance because 3 x 5 = 15. He earned $60 mowing lawns because 4 x 15 = 60. He earned $35 shoveling driveways because 110 - 60 - 15 = 35. He shoveled 5 driveways because 35 / 7 = 5.
The answer: 5
Reverse engineering the question:
Tobias is buying a new pair of shoes that costs $95. He has been saving up his money each month for the past three months. He gets a $5 allowance a month. He also mows lawns and shovels driveways. He charges $15 to mow a lawn and $7 to shovel. After buying the shoes, he has $15 in change. If he mows 4 lawns, how many driveways did he shovel?