Reasoning and answer: His goal is 10 haircuts because 8 + 2 = 10. He is 80% there because (8 / 10) x 100 = 80.
The answer: 80
What was the question?
Question: Calvin has been saving his hair clippings after each haircut to make a wig for his dog. He has gotten 8 haircuts and knows that he needs 2 more to reach his goal. What percentage towards his goal is he?


1 minute is 60 seconds, so 4 minutes is 4 * 60 = 240 seconds. During this time there would be 240 / 20 = 12 big crashes. And also 240 / 10 = 24 car collisions. So in total during 4 minutes there would be 12 + 24 = 36 accidents.
The answer: 36
Reverse engineering the question: Every 10 seconds, there is a car collision, and every 20 seconds there is a big crash. How many accidents overall will happen in 4 minutes?


Reasoning and answer: Tony starts with 50 pills and takes 2 pills each 3 times a day, meaning he takes 2 * 3 = 6 pills in total. Tony repeats this process for two days in total, meaning over those two days he takes 2 * 6 = 12 pills. Tony then cuts down his pill usage in half, meaning he's now taking 6 / 2 = 3 pills a day. Since he repeats this process for three days, that means he takes 3 * 3 = 9 pills for that period. Adding in the two pills Tony took on the final day, that means he took 12 + 9 + 2 = 23 pills. Since there were 50 pills in the bottle to begin with, this means Tony has 50 - 23 = 27 pills remaining.
The answer: 27
What was the question?
Question: Tony has a terrible toothache and decides to buy some painkillers from the store. He picks up a bottle of 50 pills and takes them home. He takes 2 pills each day three times a day for the first 2 days, before cutting this amount in half for the next 3 days. On the sixth day, he takes a final 2 pills in the morning and ends up feeling better. How many pills are left in the bottle?


If there are 8 more solar systems for every planet in the galaxy, there are 8 + 1 = 9 solar systems for every planet. Since the number of planets is 20, there are 20 * 9 = 180 solar systems in the galaxy. Altogether, there are 180 + 20 = 200 solar systems and planets in the galaxy.
The answer: 200
Reverse engineering the question: Today, at the school science lesson, Jake learned that there are 8 more solar systems for every planet in the galaxy. If there are 20 planets in the galaxy, how many solar systems and planets are there altogether?


Reasoning and answer: Let x be the number of games that Frankie won. Then the number of games Carla won would be 2 * x. And the sum of all the games would be x + 2 * x = 30 games. Thus, the expression simplifies to 3 * x = 30. And the value of x = 10 games. Therefore, the number of Carla's wins would be 2x = 20 games.
The answer: 20
What was the question?
Question: Frankie and Carla played 30 games of ping pong against each other. Frankie won half as many games as did Carla. How many games did Carla win?


Reasoning and answer: Loraine made 12 / 2 = 6 small animals. She made 6 / 3 = 2 large animals. She used 2 * 4 = 8 sticks of wax on large animals. Therefore, Loraine used 12 + 8 = 20 sticks of wax for all the animals.
The answer: 20
What was the question?
Question:
Loraine makes wax sculptures of animals. Large animals take four sticks of wax and small animals take two sticks. She made three times as many small animals as large animals, and she used 12 sticks of wax for small animals. How many sticks of wax did Loraine use to make all the animals?