Reasoning and answer: After this week, Michelangelo will have 28 - 12 = 16 more ceilings to paint. Next week, Michelangelo will paint 12 / 4 = 3 ceilings. Michelangelo will have 16 - 3 = 13 more ceilings to paint.
The answer: 13
What was the question?
Question: Michelangelo has 28 ceilings to paint. This week, he paints 12 of them. Next week, he will paint 1/4 the number of ceilings he did this week. How many ceilings will be left to paint after next week?


Each drink uses 1.5 cups because 1 / 4 cup + 1 and 1 / 4 cup = 1.5 cups. The pitcher contains 12 total drinks because 18 / 1.5 = 12. There are 15 cups of lemonade in the pitcher because 12 x 1 and 1 / 4 = 15.
The answer: 15
Reverse engineering the question: Abigail is trying a new recipe for a cold drink. It uses 1/4 of a cup of iced tea and 1 and 1/4 of a cup of lemonade to make one drink. If she fills a pitcher with 18 total cups of this drink, how many cups of lemonade are in the pitcher?


Reasoning and answer: To make the pizza, Kimber half as many teaspoons of salt as the number of cups of flour, meaning she needs 1 / 2 * 16 = 8 teaspoons of salt. The total number of cups of flour and teaspoons of salt she needs is 8 + 16 = 24. She also needs 10 cups of water, which means the total number of cups of water and flour and teaspoons of salt she needs is 24 + 10 = 34.
The answer: 34
What was the question?
Question: To make pizza, together with other ingredients, Kimber needs 10 cups of water, 16 cups of flour, and 1/2 times as many teaspoons of salt as the number of cups of flour. Calculate the combined total number of cups of water, flour, and teaspoons of salt that she needs to make the pizza.


The 15 families own 15x2 = 30 dogs. The 20 families own 20x1 = 20 dogs. There are 50 - 15 - 20 = 15 cat owners. The remaining families own 15x2 = 30 cats. There are 30 + 20 + 30 = 80 dogs and cats in the village.
The answer: 80
Reverse engineering the question: In a community of 50 families, 15 families own 2 dogs, 20 families own 1 dog, while the remaining families own 2 cats each. How many dogs and cats are there in all?


Reasoning and answer: Half of 32 tables is 32 * (1 / 2) = 16 tables. 16 tables have 2 chairs each for a total of 16 * 2 = 32 chairs. 5 tables have 3 chairs each for a total of 5 * 3 = 15 chairs. There are 32 - (16 + 5) = 11 tables left. 11 tables have 4 chairs each for a total of 11 * 4 = 44 chairs. The total number of chairs is 32 + 15 + 44 = 91 chairs.
The answer: 91
What was the question?
Question: There are 32 tables in a hall. Half the tables have 2 chairs each, 5 have 3 chairs each and the rest have 4 chairs each. How many chairs in total are in the hall?


Reasoning and answer: 10 cans are holding 8 liters each for a total of 10 * 8 = 80 liters. There are 290 - 80 = 210 litres left. There are 24 - 10 = 14 cans left. Each of the remaining cans is holding 210 / 14 = 15 liters each.
The answer: 15
What was the question?
Question:
There are 290 liters of oil in 24 cans. If 10 of the cans are holding 8 liters each, how much oil is each of the remaining cans holding?