Reasoning and answer: After Jeff swam on Saturday, there remained 98 - 27 = 71 laps. After Sunday morning’s 15 laps there remained 71 - 15 = 56 laps. Therefore, when Jeff took the break, he had 56 laps remaining.
The answer: 56
What was the question?
Question: Jeff’s swimming coach required him to swim 98 laps over the weekend. On Saturday, Jeff swam 27 laps. On Sunday morning, he swam 15 laps, took a break, then resumed practice in the afternoon. How many laps did Jeff have remaining when he took the break?


First, Amanda needs to figure out how many walls there are in the house, 5 rooms x 4 walls each = 20 walls. The other 4 rooms have x 5 walls each = 20 walls. The house has 20 walls + 20 walls = 40 walls total. To divide the work equally between the 5 people, 40 walls / 5 people = 8 walls for each person.
The answer: 8
Reverse engineering the question: Amanda and her family are going to re-paint all the walls inside their house. Before they get started they want to divide up the work. Since all the rooms in the house have different numbers and sizes of walls in them, they figure the fairest way to divide up the work is to count all the walls in the house and assign an equal number to each person. There are 5 people in Amanda's family, including herself. There are 9 rooms in the house. 5 of the rooms have 4 walls each. The other 4 rooms each have 5 walls each. To be fair, how many walls should each person in Amanda's family paint?


Reasoning and answer: Ray gave 30 * 2 = 60 cents to Randi. Randi has 60 / 5 = 12 nickels. Peter has 30 / 5 = 6 nickels. Randi has 12 - 6 = 6 more nickels than Peter.
The answer: 6
What was the question?
Question: Ray has 175 cents in nickels. Ray gives 30 cents to Peter, and he gives twice as many cents to Randi as he gave to Peter. How many more nickels does Randi have than Peter?


First find the increase due to the accident: $50 * 10% = $5. Then find the total increase due to the tickets: $5 / ticket * 3 tickets = $15. Then add both increases to the base price to find the new price: $50 + $5 + $15 = $70.
The answer: 70
Reverse engineering the question: Olivia's insurance premium starts out at $50/month. It goes up 10% for every accident and $5/month for every ticket. If she gets in one accident and gets 3 tickets, what's her new insurance premium?


Reasoning and answer: On Monday, Joanna reads 3 * 16 = 48 pages. On Tuesday, Joanna reads 6.5 * 16 = 104 pages. So far, she has read 48 + 104 = 152 pages. Thus, she has 248 - 152 = 96 pages left. She will need to read for 96 / 16 = 6 hours to finish the book.
The answer: 6
What was the question?
Question: There are 248 pages in a book. Joanna can read 16 pages per hour. On Monday, she reads for 3 hours. On Tuesday, she reads for 6.5 hours. How many more hours does she need to read to finish the book?


Reasoning and answer: First find the number of anticonvulsant pills Holly takes: 3 pills * 2 = 6 pills. Then find the total number of pills Holly takes each day: 6 pills + 2 pills + 3 pills = 11 pills. Then multiply that number by the number of days in a week to find the number of pills Holly takes each week: 11 pills / day * 7 days / week = 77 pills / week.
The answer: 77
What was the question?
Question:
Holly needs to take 2 insulin pills per day, 3 blood pressure pills per day, and twice as many anticonvulsants as blood pressure pills each day. How many pills does Holly take in a week?