Reasoning and answer: First find the number of tablespoons in a full cup: 8 tablespoons / half - cup * 2 half - cups / cup = 16 tablespoons. Then find the total number of teaspoons in a cup: 16 tablespoons / cup * 3 teaspoons / tablespoon = 48 teaspoons. Then find the number of grains of rice per teaspoon: 480 grains / 48 teaspoons = 10 grains / teaspoon.
The answer: 10
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Question: There are 480 grains of rice in one cup. If half a cup is 8 tablespoons and one tablespoon is 3 teaspoons, how many grains of rice are in a teaspoon?


Ted planted 2 x 50 = 100 tomato seeds. So, Mike and Ted planted 50 + 100 = 150 tomato seeds in the morning. In the afternoon, Ted planted 60 - 20 = 40 seeds. Thus, Mike and Ted planted 60 + 40 = 100 tomato seeds in the afternoon. Therefore, they planted 150 + 100 = 250 tomato seed altogether.
The answer: 250
Reverse engineering the question: Mike and Ted planted tomatoes. In the morning, Mike planted 50 tomato seeds while Ted planted twice as much as Mike. In the afternoon, Mike planted 60 tomato seeds while Ted planted 20 fewer tomato seeds than Mike. How many tomato seeds did they plant altogether?


Reasoning and answer: Before dinner, she had 56 + 8 = 64 ounces of CM. Before drinking 8 ounces of CM during lunch, she had 64 + 8 = 72 ounces of CM. Before buying 64 ounces of CM, she had 72 - 64 = 8 ounces of CM. And before breakfast, she had 8 + 8 = 16 ounces of chocolate milk.
The answer: 16
What was the question?
Question: Holly loves to drink chocolate milk. With breakfast, she drinks 8 ounces of chocolate milk before leaving for work. During her lunch break, she buys a new 64-ounce container of chocolate milk and then drinks 8 ounces of it. With dinner, she drinks another 8 ounces of chocolate milk. If she ends the day with 56 ounces of chocolate milk, how many ounces of chocolate milk did she begin the day with?


The fair made $2520 from tickets, so they had 2520 / 5 = 504 people attend the fair. Two - thirds of those people will buy food, so 504 * 2 / 3 = 336 people will buy food. The fair will make 336 * 8 = $2688 from food. A quarter of the people will go on a ride, so 504 / 4 = 126 people will go on a ride. The fair will make 126 * 4 = $504 from rides. An eighth of the people will buy a souvenir, so 504 / 8 = 63 people will buy souvenirs. The fair will make 63 * 15 = $945 from souvenirs. In all, the fair will make 2520 + 2688 + 504 + 945 = $6657.
The answer: 6657
Reverse engineering the question: A state fair charges $5 for a ticket. Two-thirds of the people who buy a ticket will buy deep-fried fair food for $8, one quarter will go on a ride for $4, and one eighth will spend $15 on a souvenir. The fair made $2520 from tickets. How many dollars did they make in all?


Reasoning and answer: Let s be the number of guests who want steak and c be the number who want chicken. We know that s + c = 80 and s = 3c. Substituting the second equation into the first equation, we get 3c + c = 80. Combining like terms, we get 4c = 80. Dividing both sides by 4, we get c = 20. Then multiply the number of guests who want chicken by the cost of each chicken entree: 20 guests * $18 / guest = $360. Then triple the number of guests who want chicken to find the number who want steak: 20 guests * 3 = 60 guests. Then multiply the number of guests who want steak by the cost of each steak entree: 60 guests * $25 / guest = $1500. Then add the cost of the steak and chicken entrees to find the total cost: $1500 + $360 = $1860.
The answer: 1860
What was the question?
Question: Jenny is planning her catering budget for her wedding. She's going to have 80 guests. 3 times as many guests want steak as chicken. If each steak entree costs $25 and each chicken entree costs $18, how much is the total catering budget?


Reasoning and answer: A quarter of the workers equals 852 * 25 / 100 = 213 workers. There are now 852 + 213 = 1065 employees in the factory.
The answer: 1065
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Question:

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In a factory that employed 852 people, 25% more workers have just been hired. How many employees are there now in the factory?