Reasoning and answer: Carmen decorates 8 plates with 1 whole sprig of parsley, 8 plates x 1 parsley sprig each = 8 parsley sprigs. She also decorates 12 plates with 1 / 2 a sprig each, 12 x 1 / 2 = 6 parsley sprigs. She started with 25 parsley sprigs and has used 8 + 6 = 14 parsley sprigs. After using 14 parsley sprigs, she has 25 - 14 = 11 sprigs left.
The answer: 11
What was the question?
Question: Carmen is preparing dinner plates for a row of customers at the counter in a diner. She likes to put a couple of sprigs of parsley on each plate for decoration. However, she is very low on parsley and doesn't have enough to even put 1 sprig on every plate, so she needs to break several of the parsley sprigs in two to make 2 smaller ones to stretch them out. If she decorates 8 plates with one whole parsley sprig and 12 plates with 1/2 a sprig each, how many sprigs of parsley does she have left if she started with 25?


She polished 50 + 10 = 60 large glasses. Therefore, Wendy polished 50 + 60 = 110 glasses.
The answer: 110
Reverse engineering the question: Wendy just started working at an Italian restaurant. She polished 50 small glasses and 10 more large glasses than small glasses. How many glasses did she polish?


Reasoning and answer: The total amount of money Mr. Eithan gave to his wife is 2 / 5 * 2000 = $800. After giving his wife $800, he remained with $2000 - $800 = $1200. He gave his first son 2 / 5 of the remaining amount which is 2 / 5 * $1200 = $480. The total amount remaining after he gave his first 2 / 5 of the amount is $1200 - $480 = $720. He then gave his second son 40 / 100 * 720 = $288 of the money. After giving his second son $288, the amount of money remaining that he saved in the family's saving account is $720 - $288 = $432.
The answer: 432
What was the question?
Question: After receiving the $2000 stimulus check, Mr. Eithan decided to share the amount with his family. He gave 2/5 of the amount to his wife, 2/5 of the remaining amount to his first son, 40% of the remaining amount to his second son, and kept the remaining in their family savings account. Calculate the total amount he kept in the family's savings account.


Each 5 by 5 painting is 25 square feet because 5 x 5 = 25. All three of them take up 75 square feet because 3 x 25 = 75. The 10 by 8 painting takes up 80 square feet because 10 x 8 = 80. These four paintings take up 155 square feet because 80 + 75 = 155. The final painting is 45 square feet because 200 - 155 = 45. If it is 5 feet wide it is 9 feet tall because 45 / 5 = 9.
The answer: 9
Reverse engineering the question: Yanni has 5 paintings that combined, take up 200 square feet. 3 of the paintings are 5 feet by 5 feet. 1 painting is 10 feet by 8 feet. If the final painting is 5 feet tall, how wide is it?


Reasoning and answer: The 33 children ate a total of 33 * 10 = 330 apples. There were 450 - 330 = 120 apples left for the adults to eat. If every adult ate 3 of the 120 apples left, then there were 120 / 3 = 40 adults in the family.
The answer: 40
What was the question?
Question: Bob picked 450 apples for his entire family to eat. There are 33 children in his family, and each of them ate 10 apples. If every adult ate 3 apples apiece, how many adults are in his family?


Reasoning and answer: Knowing Kevin's record of eating 70 wings in 8 minutes or 64 / 8 = 8 wings in a minute. Alan must increase his ability to eat 5 wings per minute to 8 - 5 = 3 wings per minute to equal Kevin's world record. To beat Kevin, Alan must eat 3 + 1 = 4 hot wings per minute.
The answer: 4
What was the question?
Question:
Kevin holds the world record for eating the biggest quantity of hot wings in 8 minutes. He can eat 64 wings without stopping. Alan, a boy who loves hot wings, wants to beat Kevin's record. He is currently able to eat 5 hot wings per minute. How many more wings must he eat per minute to beat Kevin's record?