Cat Cafe Paw has 2 * 5 = 10 cats in total. Cat Cafe Meow has 3 * 10 = 30 cats in total. Cat Cafe Meow and Cat Cafe Paw have a total of 30 + 10 = 40 cats.
The answer: 40
Reverse engineering the question: Cat Cafe Meow has 3 times as many cats as Cat Cafe Paw. Cat Cafe Paw has 2 times as many cats as Cat Cafe Cool. If Cat Cafe Cool has 5 cats, how many cats are there in Cat Cafe Meow and Cat Cafe Paw?


Reasoning and answer: This year, Kyle was only able to pick 12 / 2 = 6 roses. He wants to give his mother 12 x 2 = 24 roses. He still needs another 24 - 6 = 18 roses. He would have to spend 18 x 3 = $54.
The answer: 54
What was the question?
Question: For Mother's Day last year, Kyle picked a dozen roses from his garden, but this year, he was only able to pick half the number of roses. If Kyle wants to give his mother a bouquet with twice as many roses as last year and the grocery store sells one rose for $3, how much would Kyle have to spend?


The entire radio show plays for 3 hours * 60 minutes = 180 minutes. The talking segments use 3 talking segments * 10 minutes per talking segment = 30 minutes each. The ad breaks use 5 ad breaks * 5 minutes per ad break = 25 minutes. In total, the talking segments and ad breaks use 30 + 25 = 55 minutes. This leaves 180 – 55 = 125 minutes for the radio show to play songs.
The answer: 125
Reverse engineering the question: A radio show plays for 3 hours a day. They split their show into talking segments, ad breaks and songs. Talking segments last 10 minutes each, ad breaks last 5 minutes each and songs are played throughout the rest of the show. If the radio show includes 3 talking segments and 5 ad breaks in today’s show, how long, in minutes, does the show play songs?


Reasoning and answer: To figure out this problem we need to turn it into an equation. Let’s make A the number of nuggets Alyssa ate. We know all three girls ate 100 nuggets total, so 100 nuggets = A (how many Alyssa ate) + 2A (how many Keely ate) + 3A (how many Kendall ate) or 100 = A + 2A + 3A which is 100 = 5A. Then we will divide each side by 5 to figure out how many nuggets Alyssa ate, 100 / 5 = 5A / 5 or 20 = A.
The answer: 20
What was the question?
Question: Alyssa, Keely, and Kendall ordered 100 chicken nuggets from a fast-food restaurant. Keely and Kendall each ate twice as many as Alyssa. How many did Alyssa eat?


The carton had 12 - 5 = 7 eggs with one yolk. It had 5 eggs with double yolks, which added * 2 = 10 yolks. Thus, there were 7 + 10 = 17 yolks in the whole carton.
The answer: 17
Reverse engineering the question: A local farm is famous for having lots of double yolks in their eggs. One carton of 12 eggs had five eggs with double yolks. How many yolks were in the whole carton?


Let X be the amount owned by James. The amount owned by Ali is X - $40. The total amount owned by both of them X + (X - $40) = $250. Combining like terms, we get X * 2 - $40 = $250. Adding $40 to both sides, we get X * 2 = $290. Dividing both sides by 2, we get X = $145.
The answer: 145
Reverse engineering the question:
James and Ali together own $250. If you know that James owns $40 more than Ali, then calculate the amount owned by James.