Come up with a question and reasoning that would justify this answer: 600
Question and rationale: The question is: Will's breakfast supplied him 900 calories of energy. Then he decided to jog for half an hour, which used up 10 calories of energy per minute. What is Will's net calorie intake after jogging?
Step-by-step reasoning process: Will jogged for 60 / 2 = 30 minutes. He was able to use up 10 x 30 = 300 calories for jogging. The net calorie intake of Will after jogging is 900 - 300 = 600.

Come up with a question and reasoning that would justify this answer: 88
Question and rationale: The question is: John builds a toy bridge to support various weights. It needs to support 6 cans of soda that have 12 ounces of soda. The cans weigh 2 ounces empty. He then also adds 2 more empty cans. How much weight must the bridge hold up?
Step-by-step reasoning process: The weight of soda was 6 * 12 = 72 ounces. It had to support the weight of 6 + 2 = 8 empty cans. The weight of the empty cans is 8 * 2 = 16 ounces. So it must support 72 + 16 = 88 ounces.

Come up with a question and reasoning that would justify this answer: 24
Question and rationale: The question is: It takes 3 beehives to make enough wax to make 12 candles. How many hives does it take to make 96 candles?
Step-by-step reasoning process: First find the number of candles produced per hive: 12 candles / 3 hives = 4 candles / hive. Then divide the total number of candles by the number of candles per hive to find the number of hives: 96 candles / 4 candles / hive = 24 hives.

Come up with a question and reasoning that would justify this answer: 42
Question and rationale:
The question is: 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?
Step-by-step reasoning process: 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.