Reasoning and answer: First, we need to find the average number of apples per person. We start by adding the three totals together, getting 20 + 60 + 40 = 120 apples. To finish finding the average number, we perform 120 / 3 = 40 apples per person. Since Jim has 20 apples, we divide the average of 40 by Jim's total to find 40 / 20 = 2 times that Jim's amount can fit into the average.
The answer: 2
What was the question?
Question: If Jim has 20 apples, and Jane has 60 apples, and Jerry has 40 apples, how many times can Jim's number of apples fit into the average amount of apples for a person in the group?


Canada equals 1.5 United States. Russia equals 2 United States because 1.5 x (1 + 1 / 3) = 2.
The answer: 2
Reverse engineering the question: Chad is measuring the size of different countries. He sees that Canada is 1.5 times bigger than the United States and Russia is 1/3 bigger than Canada. How many times bigger is Russia than the United States?


Reasoning and answer: Zrinka = 6 years. Jordyn = 2 * 6 = 12 years. Mehki = 12 + 10 = 22 years. Mehki is 22 years old.
The answer: 22
What was the question?
Question: Mehki is 10 years older than Jordyn. Jordyn's age is double Zrinka's age. If Zrinka is 6 years old, how many years old is Mehki?


Harold shared 100 - 20 = 80 marbles with his friends. Therefore, his 5 friends got 80 / 5 = 16 marbles each.
The answer: 16
Reverse engineering the question: Harold had 100 marbles. He kept 20 marbles and shared the rest evenly among his 5 friends. How many marbles did each friend get?


Reasoning and answer: Jamal started with B books in the cart. He had B - 12 books after the history section. He had B - 12 - 19 = B - 31 books after the fiction section. He had B - 31 - 8 + 4 = B - 35 books after the children’s section. He still had B - 35 = 16 books to shelve. Thus, he started with B = 16 + 35 = 51 books in the cart.
The answer: 51
What was the question?
Question: Jamal works at a library shelving books. He has a cart full of books to put away in different sections. In the history section, he shelves 12 books. In the fiction section, he shelves 19 books. In the children’s section, he shelves 8 books but finds 4 that were left in the wrong place that he adds to his cart to shelve elsewhere. He still has 16 books to shelve. How many books did he start with in the cart?


Reasoning and answer: If Selma has fifty marbles, then Merill and Elliot together have 50 - 5 = 45 marbles. We'll assume the number of marbles that Elliot has is x. If Merill has twice as many marbles as Elliot, then the total number of marbles that Merill and Elliot have together is 2x + x = 45 marbles. This translates to 3x = 45. The number of marbles that Elliot has is x = 45 / 3. This means Elliot has x = 15 marbles. Since Merill has twice as many marbles as Elliot, Merill has 2 * 15 = 30 marbles.
The answer: 30
What was the question?
Question:
Merill has twice as many marbles as Elliot and the two of them together have five fewer marbles than Selma. If Selma has fifty marbles, how many marbles does Merill have?