Reasoning and answer: If Hurley is 14 years old, and the difference in ages between Richard and Hurley is 20, Richard is 20 + 14 = 34. Forty years from now, Hurley will be 14 + 40 = 54 years old. Richard will be 40 + 34 = 74 years forty years from now. Their combined ages forty years from now will be 74 + 54 = 128 years.
The answer: 128
What was the question?
Question: The difference in ages between Richard and Hurley is 20. If Hurley is 14 years old, what are their combined ages 40 years from now?


Stanley sold 4 x 3 = 12 cups. Carl sold 7 x 3 = 21 cups. Carl sold 21 - 12 = 9 cups more than Stanley.
The answer: 9
Reverse engineering the question: Stanley sold 4 cups of lemonade an hour. His brother, Carl, sold 7 cups of lemonade an hour. How many more cups did Carl sell than Stanley in 3 hours?


Reasoning and answer: Each pair of boxes weighs 40 pounds + 10 pounds, or 50 pounds. Each pair weighs 50 pounds, so the delivery trucks can carry 2000 / 50 pairs of boxes or 40 pairs. Steven has three trucks, so each trip can move 40 * 3 pairs of boxes = 120 pairs of boxes. Each pair is a set of two boxes, so each delivery contains 120 * 2 boxes = 240 boxes.
The answer: 240
What was the question?
Question: Steven is preparing a shipment of boxes to deliver to a customer for his chemical supply business. The products are very delicate and must be carefully packed, so partially filled boxes can’t be shipped. Steven has three trucks that can be sent on each delivery. Each truck can carry a load of no more than 2,000 pounds of cargo. Some of the boxes weigh 10 pounds after being packed, and some of the boxes weigh 40 pounds when packed. Steven’s customer has ordered equal quantities of both the lighter and heavier products. How many boxes of products can Steven ship to his customer in each delivery?


Since Greta's brother received 40 letters, Greta received 40 + 10 = 50 letters. Together, Greta and her brother received 50 + 40 = 90 letters. Greta's mother received twice the total number of letters Greta and her brother received, which totals 90 * 2 = 180 letters. In total, the three received 90 + 180 = 270 letters.
The answer: 270
Reverse engineering the question: Greta received 10 more letters in the mail than her brother. Greta's mother received twice the total number of letters Greta and her brother received. Calculate the total number of letters the three received if Greta's brother received 40 letters.


Reasoning and answer: There are 81 / 3 = 27 chips in a batch. Thus, there are 27 / 9 = 3 cookies in a batch.
The answer: 3
What was the question?
Question: Harry uses a whole bag of chocolate chips when he makes dough for chocolate chip cookies. The dough makes three batches of cookies, and each cookie has nine chocolate chips in it. A bag of chocolate chips has 81 chips in it. How many cookies are in a batch?


Reasoning and answer: The additional yard Brendan can cut after buying the lawnmower is 8 x 0.50 = 4 yards. So, the total yards he can cut with the lawnmower is 8 + 4 = 12. Therefore, the total number of yards he can cut in a week is 12 x 7 = 84 yards.
The answer: 84
What was the question?
Question:
Brendan can cut 8 yards of grass per day, he bought a lawnmower and it helped him to cut more yards by Fifty percent per day. How many yards will Brendan be able to cut after a week?