First triple the amount of milk to find the amount of chicken stock: 2 quarts * 3 = 6 quarts. Then add all three quantities to find the total volume of the soup: 6 quarts + 2 quarts + 1 quart = 9 quarts. Finally, divide the number of quarts by the number of quarts per bag to find the number of bags needed: 9 quarts / 3 quarts / bag = 3 bags.
The answer: 3
Reverse engineering the question: Marly is making soup. He adds 2 quarts of milk and three times as much chicken stock to 1 quart of pureed vegetables. Then he divides the soup into bags that can hold 3 quarts each. How many bags does he need?


Reasoning and answer: Last week = 111 texts. This week = (2 * 111) - 50 = 172 texts. 111 + 172 = 283 texts. Keiko sent 283 texts last week and this week combined.
The answer: 283
What was the question?
Question: Keiko sent 111 text messages last week. This week she sent 50 less than double what she sent last week. How many text messages did Keiko send last week and this week combined?


Frank has $7 in one dollar bills because 7 x 1 = 7. Frank has $20 in five dollar bills because 4 x 5 = 20. Frank has $20 in ten dollar bills because 2 x 10 = 20. Frank has 67 dollars in total because 7 + 20 + 20 + 20 = 67. Frank spent $63 because 67 - 4 = 63. Frank bought 21 pounds of peanuts because 63 / 3 = 21. He eats 3 pounds a day on average because 21 / 7 = 3.
The answer: 3
Reverse engineering the question: Frank has 7 one-dollar bills, 4 five-dollar bills, 2 ten-dollar bills, and 1 twenty-dollar bill. He goes to buy peanuts, which cost $3 a pound. He buys what he wants and has $4 in change. He plans to eat the peanuts all in one week. How many pounds does he eat on average per day?


Reasoning and answer: He bought 3 * 12 = 36 eggs. So they cost 36 * .5 = $18.
The answer: 18
What was the question?
Question: Tim buys 3 dozen eggs. Eggs cost $.50 each. How much did he pay for eggs?


First find the total number of strands the two of them can cut per minute: 8 strands + 3 strands = 11 strands. Then divide the total number of strands by the number of strands they cut per minute to find the number of minutes it takes to cut all the strands: 22 strands / 11 strands / minute = 2 minutes.
The answer: 2
Reverse engineering the question: Hannah comes home from work to find her older son taped her younger son to a chair with 22 strands of duct tape. If Hannah can cut 8 strands per minute and her son can cut 3 strands per minute, how long will it take them to free her younger son?


Marcy is bringing 6 tubs of lip gloss * 2 tubes of lip gloss per tub of lip gloss = 12 tubes of lip gloss. So she must be applying makeup to 12 tubes of lip gloss * 3 people per tube of lip gloss = 36 people.
The answer: 36
Reverse engineering the question:
Marcy is a makeup artist and has agreed to do some makeup for her friend's wedding. The only makeup she has limited stock of is lip gloss so she counts how many tubes she needs. Each tube of lip gloss will hold enough lip gloss for 3 people's makeup. Marcy decides to bring 6 tubs of lip gloss, each of which holds 2 tubes of lip gloss, and this will be the exact amount she needs for everyone's makeup. How many people is Marcy painting with makeup?