Reasoning and answer: After Ricky’s little sister takes 4 roses, Ricky has 40 - 4 = 36 roses. Ricky can give each person 36 / 9 = 4 roses.
The answer: 4
What was the question?
Question: Ricky has 40 roses. His little sister steals 4 roses. If he wants to give away the rest of the roses in equal portions to 9 different people, how many roses will each person get?


In the first store, each apple costs $3 / 6 = $0.5. In the second store, each apple costs $4 / 10 = $0.4. So, you can save $0.5 - $0.4 = $0.1 on each apple from buying $4 for 10 apples than from $3 for 6 apples. In cents, this is equal to $0.1 x 100 = 10.
The answer: 10
Reverse engineering the question: The first store charges $3 for 6 apples while the second store charges $4 for 10 apples. How many cents can you save on each apple from buying $4 for 10 apples than from $3 for 6 apples?


Reasoning and answer: In six years, Jane will be 28 + 6 = 34 years old. Dara will be half the age of Jane in six years, meaning she will be 34 / 2 = 17 years old in six years. Currently, Dara is 17 - 6 = 11 years old. Dara has to wait for 25 - 11 = 14 more years to reach the company's minimum age of employment.
The answer: 14
What was the question?
Question: The minimum age required to be employed at a company is 25 years. Dara aspires to work for the company and will be half the age of Jane in six years. If Jane is currently working for the company and is 28 years old, how long is it before Dara reaches the minimum age required by the company to be employed?


First find the total time for the burglary charges: 18 months / charge * 2 charges = 36 months. Then find the total time for the arson charges: 3 counts * 36 months / count = 108 months. Then find the time per larceny charge: 18 months / 3 = 6 months. Then find the total number of larceny charges: 2 charges * 6 = 12 charges. Then find the total time for the larceny charges: 6 months / charge * 12 charges = 72 months. Then add up the time for all the charges to find the total jail time: 36 months + 72 months + 108 months = 216 months.
The answer: 216
Reverse engineering the question: Jean is wanted on 3 counts of arson, 2 burglary charges, and six times as many petty larceny as burglary charges. If each arson count has a 36-month sentence, each burglary charge is 18 months and each petty larceny charge is 1/3rd as long as a burglary charge, how many months in jail is Jean facing?


Reasoning and answer: Lena has 3 clippings per friend, so she has 3 * 7 = 21 clippings to glue. She needs 6 drops of glue per clipping, so she will need 6 * 21 = 126 drops of glue.
The answer: 126
What was the question?
Question: Lena is making a collage with pictures of all her closest friends and newspaper clippings that are about their interests. She has found three clippings for each friend’s pictures. It takes her six drops of glue to stick down each clipping. Lena has already glued her seven closest friends’ pictures. How many drops of glue will she need for the newspaper clippings for her collage?


Reasoning and answer: Each dress takes 4 square meters of fabric to make, so the number of dresses she can make will be 56 / 4 = 14 dresses. Each dress takes 3 hours to make, thus she will have to work 14 dresses x 3 hours / dress = 42 hours.
The answer: 42
What was the question?
Question:
Melissa wants to make some dresses to sell at the upcoming festival. She has 56 square meters of fabric to make them. She knows that each dress takes 4 square meters of fabric and 3 hours to make. How many hours does she have to work?