Come up with a question and reasoning that would justify this answer: 14
Question and rationale: The question is: Clinton has twice as many shoes in his wardrobe as belts. He has 2 more belts than hats and currently has 5 hats. How many shoes does Clinton have?
Step-by-step reasoning process: He has 2 more belts than hats and he has 5 hats so he has 2 + 5 = 7 belts. He has twice as many shoes as belts and he has 7 belts so he has 2 * 7 = 14 shoes.

Come up with a question and reasoning that would justify this answer: 40
Question and rationale: The question is: Cheryl placed 300 strawberries into 5 buckets. After she did that she decided to take 20 out of each bucket so they wouldn't get smashed. How many strawberries were left in each bucket?
Step-by-step reasoning process: Every bucket originally had 300 / 5 = 60 strawberries. After she removed 20 strawberries there were 60 - 20 = 40 strawberries in each bucket.

Come up with a question and reasoning that would justify this answer: 280
Question and rationale: The question is: Billy is breeding mice for an experiment. He starts with 8 mice, who each have 6 pups. When the pups grow up, all the mice have another 6 pups. Then each adult mouse eats 2 of their pups due to the stress of overcrowding. How many mice are left?
Step-by-step reasoning process: First find the number of pups in the first generation: 8 mice * 6 pups / mouse = 48 pups. Then add the number of adult mice to find the total number of mice: 48 pups + 8 mice = 56 mice. Then find the number of pups per mouse that survive from the second generation: 6 pups / mouse - 2 pups / mouse = 4 pups / mouse. Then multiply that number by the number of adult mice to find the number of pups in the second generation: 56 mice * 4 pups / mouse = 224 mice. Then add the number of adult mice to the number of second - generation pups to find the total number of mice: 224 mice + 56 mice = 280 mice.

Come up with a question and reasoning that would justify this answer: 3
Question and rationale:
The question is: One barnyard owl makes 5 hoot sounds per minute. If 5 less than 20 hoots per minute are heard coming out of the barn, how many Barnyard owls would this noise be coming from?
Step-by-step reasoning process: 5 less than 20 hoots per minute is 20 - 5 = 15 hoots per minute. If one barnyard owl makes 5 hoot sounds per minute, then 15 hoots per minute are coming from 15 / 5 = 3 barnyard owls.