First find the number of times Missy yells at the stubborn dog: 4 * 12 times = 48 times. Then add the number of times she yells at the obedient dog to find the total number of times she yells: 48 times + 12 times = 60 times.
The answer: 60
Reverse engineering the question: Missy has an obedient dog and a stubborn dog. She has to yell at the stubborn dog four times for every one time she yells at the obedient dog. If she yells at the obedient dog 12 times, how many times does she yell at both dogs combined?


Reasoning and answer: There are 5 - 1 = 4 more lions each month. There will be 4 * 12 = 48 more lions after 1 year. There were 148 - 48 = 100 lions in Londolozi at first.
The answer: 100
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Question: There are some lions in Londolozi at first. Lion cubs are born at the rate of 5 per month and lions die at the rate of 1 per month. If there are 148 lions in Londolozi after 1 year, how many lions were there in Londolozi at first?


First find the total number of times the wombats claw him: 9 wombats * 4 claws / wombat = 36 claws. Then add the number of times the rheas claw him to find the total: 36 claws + 3 claws = 39 claws.
The answer: 39
Reverse engineering the question: Carson leans over the railing at the zoo to get the perfect selfie and falls into the combined wombat and rhea enclosure. There are 9 wombats and 3 rheas. If each wombat claws him 4 times and each rhea claws him once, how many times does he get clawed?


Reasoning and answer: Shanna had 6 / 2 = 3 surviving tomato plants. She had 4 - 1 = 3 surviving pepper plants. Thus, she had 3 + 3 + 2 = 8 surviving vegetable plants. Each gave her 7 vegetables, so she had 8 * 7 = 56 vegetables to harvest in all.
The answer: 56
What was the question?
Question: Shanna planted 6 tomato plants, 2 eggplant plants, and 4 pepper plants in her summer garden. Half of her tomato plants and one pepper plant died. The remaining plants each gave her 7 vegetables. How many vegetables did she have in all to harvest?


Juvy planted 3 + 2 = 5 rows with parsley and rosemary. So, 20 - 5 = 15 rows will be planted with chives. Therefore, 15 x 10 = 150 chives will be planted.
The answer: 150
Reverse engineering the question: Juvy has a garden that has 20 rows with 10 plants in each row. She plants parsley in the first 3 rows and rosemary in the last two rows. The rest of the rows will be planted with chives. How many chives will Juvy plant?


Last week Maya read 5 * 300 = 1500 pages of text. This week she doubled the result, so she read 2 * 1500 = 3000 pages. In total Maya read 1500 + 3000 = 4500 pages of text.
The answer: 4500
Reverse engineering the question:

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Maya loves to read books. Last week she read 5 books. Each book had 300 pages of text. This week she read twice as much. How many pages did Maya read in total?