Archives: Problem-Solving Games (100)

In a line, Pierre is standing in the %p%th spot, if we are counting from the start of the line. There are %g% girls and some boys in front of him. There are %f% times fewer children in front of him, than there are behind him. How many children are behind Pierre in the line?

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In a line, Carol is standing in the %c%th spot, if we are counting from the end of the line. In front of her, there are %f% times more children than the number of children in back of her. In all, there are %g% girls in the line. How many children are there in front of Carol in the line?

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In a cafeteria that has existed for %y% years, there are %t% tables in total. %d% of these tables are occupied. How many times more tables are occupied than free?

In a cafeteria that has existed for %y% years, %t% tables are occupied and %f% times fewer tables are free. In total, how many tables are there in the cafeteria?

At a restaurant that has existed for %y% years, %t% tables are occupied and %f% times fewer tables are still free. In total, there are %s% seats at this restaurant. How many people can be seated at each table, if each of the tables can hold the same number of people?

At a restaurant that has existed for %y% years, %t% tables are occupied and %f% times fewer tables are still free. Each table can seat %p% people. In total, how many people can eat at this restaurant?

At a restaurant that has existed for %y% years, %a% tables are occupied and %f% times fewer tables are still free. Each table can seat %p% people. How many people can this restaurant seat at its free tables?

Greg wants to make pancakes. He found a recipe that calls for %f% cups of flour. He looks in his pantry and finds %b% bags of flour that contain a total of %c% cups of flour. How many times more cups of flour did Greg have in his pantry than what the recipe called for?

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Greg wants to make pancakes. He found a recipe that calls for %f% cups of flour. He looks in the pantry and finds %b% bags of flour. Yet the recipe calls for double the amount of flour than what he has at home. How many cups of flour does he have at home?

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Greg wants to make pancakes. He found a recipe that calls for %f% cups of flour. He looks in the pantry and finds %b% bags of flour that each contain %c% cups of flour. How many bags of flour does he have?

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Greg wants to make pancakes. He has %f% cups of flour in total at home in %b% different bags. Yet the recipe calls for double the amount of flour than what he has at home. How much flour is needed for the recipe?

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Emily coloured %e% circles while Jeremy coloured %j% circles. Zoe coloured %z% circles. How many times less circles did Jeremy colour than Emily?

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Emily coloured %e% circles, while Jeremy coloured %j% circles. Zoe coloured %z% circles.  How many more times more circles did Emily colour than Zoe?

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Emily coloured %e% circles, which was double the number of circles Jeremy coloured. Zoe coloured %z% circles. How many circles did Jeremy colour?

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Emily coloured %n% circles while Jeremy coloured half as many. Zoe coloured %z% circles. How many circles did Jeremy colour?

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Jeremy coloured %n% circles while Emily coloured twice as many. Zoe coloured %k% circles. How many circles did Emily colour?

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At a fundraising event, we set our goal at $%d%. Thanks to our %n% major donors, we raised $%r%. How many times did we surpass our goal compared to the amount we originally wanted?

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During the fundraising event, we raised $%d%. This is triple the amount that we originally wanted. Our %n% donors contributed equally. How many donors sponsored us?

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During the fundraising event, we wanted to raise $%g% from our %n% donors. Finally, we managed to raise three times more than our original fundraising goal. How much did we raise in total?

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During the fundraising event, we raised $%d%. This is triple the amount that we wanted. Our %m% main donors contributed equally. What was our original fundraising goal?

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Mario classifies his books. He has %c% comics and %n% graphic novels. How many times more graphic novels does Mario have than comics?

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Mario classifies his books. He has some comics and %t% times fewer novels than comic books. If he has %n% novels in total, how many comics does he have?

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Mario classifies his books. He has %d% comics. He also has %t% times fewer graphic novels than comic books. How many books does he have in total?

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Alex picked %a% mushrooms and Kanev picked %k% mushrooms. Alex picked  %f% times fewer mushrooms than Lea. How many mushrooms did Lea pick?

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Alex picked %a% mushrooms, Kanev picked %k% mushrooms, and Lea picked %v% times fewer mushrooms than Alex. How many mushrooms did Lea pick?

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Alex picked %a% mushrooms, Kanev picked %k% mushrooms, and Lea picked twice as many mushrooms as Alex. How many mushrooms did Kanev pick?

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Alex picked %a% mushrooms, Kanev picked %k% mushrooms, and Lea picked %l% mushrooms. How many times more mushrooms did Lea pick than Kanev?

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Alex picked %a% mushrooms, Kanev picked %k% mushrooms, and Lea picked twice as many mushrooms as Alex. How many mushrooms did Lea pick?

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In an orchard, there are %c% cherry trees and %a% apple trees. Cherry trees are planted in %r% rows. There is the same number of cherry trees in each row. How many apple trees are there in the orchard?

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In an orchard, there are %c% cherry trees and %a% apple trees. Cherry trees are planted in %r% rows. There is the same number of cherry trees in each row. How many cherry trees are there in each row?

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In an orchard, cherry trees are planted in rows. There are %n% cherry trees in each row. In total, there are %c% cherry trees. There are also %a% apple trees. How many rows of cherry trees are there in the orchard?

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In an orchard, cherry trees are planted in %t% rows. There are %n% cherry trees in each row. There are also %a% apple trees. How many cherry trees are there in the orchard?

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Justin bought %c% candies for %f% cents. Daniel bought twice as many candies as Justin. How much did Daniel pay for his candy?

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Daniel bought %c% candies, which is twice as many as Justin bought with his %f% cents. How many candies did Justin buy?

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Justin bought %c% candies for %d% cents. Daniel bought %n% of these same candies. How many times more candies did Daniel have than Justin?

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Justin bought %c% candies for %d% cents. Daniel bought twice as many candies as Justin. How many candies did Daniel buy?

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A soft drink bottle costs %a% cents and contains %n% g of sugar. A package of soft drink bottles contains %s% g of sugar in total. How many bottles are there in the package?

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A soft drink bottle costs %a% cents and contains some sugar. %n% soft drink bottles contain %b% g of sugar in total. How much sugar is in each bottle?

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A soft drink bottle contains %a% g of sugar and costs $%b% each. How much do %c% soft drink bottles cost?

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A soft drink bottle contains %a% g of sugar and costs $%b% each. How much sugar is in %c% soft drink bottles?

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A soft drink bottle contains %a%g of sugar. How much sugar would there be in two soft drink bottles?

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In a garden, there are %t% trees: %c% apple tree and %p% pear trees. We counted %f% apples on the ground and %d% apples on the tree. How many times more apples were there on the ground than in the tree?

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In a garden, there are %t% trees: %c% apple tree and %p% pear trees. We counted %f% apples on the ground, which is twice the number of apples than there were in the tree. How many apples are there in the apple tree? 

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In a garden, there are %t% trees: %c% apple tree and %p% pear trees. We counted %f% fruits on the apple tree’s branches, but there were twice as many apples on the ground. How many apples were there on the ground? 

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In a garden, there are %t% trees: %c% apple tree and %p% pear trees. We counted %f% apples on the ground, which is twice the number of apples than on the tree. How many pear trees are there in the garden? 

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Aurélie is %t% times younger than Robert, who is %r% years old, and she is %k% times older than Bea. How old is the oldest girl? 

Robert and Aurélie celebrate their birthdays today. Robert just turned %r% years old, while Aurélie just turned %a% years old. Aurélie is also %t% times older than Bea. How many times older is Robert than Aurélie?

Robert is %t% times older than Aurélie, who is %a% years old. Aurélie is also %k% times older than Bea. How old is Bea?

Robert is %t% times older than Aurélie, who is %a% years old. Aurélie is also %k% times older than Bea. How old is Robert?