Come up with a question and reasoning that would justify this answer: 56
Question and rationale: The question is: Shanna planted 6 tomato plants, 2 eggplant plants, and 4 pepper plants in her summer garden. Half of her tomato plants and one pepper plant died. The remaining plants each gave her 7 vegetables. How many vegetables did she have in all to harvest?
Step-by-step reasoning process: Shanna had 6 / 2 = 3 surviving tomato plants. She had 4 - 1 = 3 surviving pepper plants. Thus, she had 3 + 3 + 2 = 8 surviving vegetable plants. Each gave her 7 vegetables, so she had 8 * 7 = 56 vegetables to harvest in all.

Come up with a question and reasoning that would justify this answer: 84
Question and rationale: The question is: Andrew's dog has 12 burrs and six times as many ticks as burrs. How many foreign objects total are caught in the dog's fur?
Step-by-step reasoning process: First find how many burrs are caught in the dog's fur: 12 burrs * 6 ticks / burr = 72 ticks. Then add the number of burrs to find the total number objects: 72 objects + 12 objects = 84 objects.

Come up with a question and reasoning that would justify this answer: 21
Question and rationale: The question is: At the circus, the clown has 3 dozen balloons on a string in his hand. 3 boys and 12 girls buy a balloon each. How many balloons is the clown still holding?
Step-by-step reasoning process: The clown is holding 3 x 12 = 36 balloons. This many children buy a balloon: 3 + 12 = 15 kids. After the children buy the balloons, the clown is holding this many in his hand 36 - 15 = 21 balloons.

Come up with a question and reasoning that would justify this answer: 5
Question and rationale:
The question is: TJ ran a 10K race last Saturday. He ran the first half in 20 minutes. He completed the second half in 30 minutes. What was his average time per kilometer?
Step-by-step reasoning process: He ran the 10 kilometers in a total of 20 + 30 = 50 minutes. Therefore, he ran at a pace of 50 minutes / 10 kilometers = 5 minutes per kilometer.