Come up with a question and reasoning that would justify this answer: 27
Question and rationale: The question is: Darrel has 76 quarters, 85 dimes, 20 nickels and 150 pennies. If he drops all of his money into a coin-counting machine, they will convert his change into dollars for a 10% fee. How much will he receive after the 10% fee?
Step-by-step reasoning process: He has 76 quarters so that's 76 * .25 = $19.00. He has 85 dimes so that's 85 * .10 = $8.50. He has 20 nickels so that's 20 * .05 = $1.00. He has 150 pennies so that's 150 * .01 = $1.50. All total he has 19 + 8.5 + 1 + 1.5 = $30.00. They charge a 10% fee to count and convert his change into dollars so they will charge him .10 * 30 = $3.00. He had $30.00 and they charged him $3.00 in fees so he now has 30 - 3 = $27.00.

Come up with a question and reasoning that would justify this answer: 7
Question and rationale: The question is: A chef needs to make french fries. He can get 25 fries out of 1 potato. He has 15 potatoes and he needs 200 fries. How many potatoes will he have leftover?
Step-by-step reasoning process: To make 200 fries he will need 200 / 25 fries per potato = 8 potatoes. He has 15 potatoes - 8 potatoes = 7 leftover potatoes.

Come up with a question and reasoning that would justify this answer: 9
Question and rationale: The question is: Kevin repairs phones at his job. At the beginning of the day, Kevin has 15 phones that need to be repaired. By the afternoon, Kevin has successfully repaired 3 of the 15 phones and a client has dropped off 6 more phones that need fixing. If a coworker of Kevin's offers to help him and fix half of the damaged phones, how many phones will each person need to repair?
Step-by-step reasoning process: Kevin begins the day with 15 phones and repairs 3 by the afternoon, so Kevin still has to repair 15 - 3 = 12 phones. A client drops off 6 additional phones that require fixing, increasing the total to 12 + 6 = 18 phones. If Kevin's coworker helps Kevin fix half of the phones, then each person needs to fix 18 / 2 = 9 phones.

Come up with a question and reasoning that would justify this answer: 39
Question and rationale:
The question is: James hurt himself exercising. The pain subsided after 3 days, but he knew that the injury would take at least 5 times that long to fully heal. After that, he wanted to wait another 3 days before he started working out again. If he wants to wait 3 weeks after that to start lifting heavy again, how long until he can lift heavy again?
Step-by-step reasoning process: The injury would be fully healed after 3 * 5 = 15 days. So he would start exercising again in 15 + 3 = 18 days. He would then wait for 3 * 7 = 21 more days to start lifting heavy again. That means he needs to wait 18 + 21 = 39 days.