user: Five packages per box, with 250 sheets per package is 5 * 250 = 1250 sheets per box. Two boxes contain a total of 1250 * 2 = 2500 sheets. If each newspaper requires 25 pages, then with 2500 sheets she can print 2500 / 25 = 100 newspapers.
The answer: 100
Reverse engineering the question: Julie runs the school newspaper. In preparation for printing the next issue of The School News, she bought two boxes of standard paper, each containing 5 packages, with 250 sheets of paper per package. If this issue of The School News uses 25 sheets of paper to print one newspaper, how many newspapers can Julie print with the paper that she purchased?
Reasoning and answer: Her gas is half the price as her $60.00 groceries so that's 60 / 2 = $30.00 in gas. Her card has a balance of $126.00 and she added $60.00 in groceries and $30.00 in gas for a total of 126 + 60 + 30 = $216.00. Her balance is $216.00 and she returns $45.00 worth of merchandise for a new balance of 216 - 45 = $171.00.
The answer: 171
What was the question?
Question: Marian's pending credit card balance is $126.00. She puts $60.00 worth of groceries on her card and half that amount in gas. She returned some bath towels for $45.00. What's the new balance on her credit card?
First figure out how many hours total Jake works by adding the time spent mowing the lawn to the time spent planting flowers: 1 hour + 2 hours = 3 hours. Then figure out how much money Jake makes if he earns $20 / hour for three hours by multiplying the time spent by the pay rate: $20 / hour * 3 hours = $60. Then subtract the money Jake gets paid for mowing the lawn from the total to find how much he should charge in total for planting the flowers: $60 - $15 = $45.
The answer: 45
Reverse engineering the question: Jake's neighbors hire him to mow their lawn and plant some flowers. Mowing the lawn takes 1 hour and pays $15. If Jake wants to make $20/hour working for the neighbors, and planting the flowers takes 2 hours, how much should Jake charge (in total, not per hour) for planting the flowers?
Reasoning and answer: If the last four people each took 400 jelly beans, they took a total of 4 * 400 = 1600 jelly beans. The first six people each took twice as many jelly beans as each of the last four people took, meaning each of them took 2 * 400 = 800 jelly beans. The total number of jelly beans the first six people took is 800 * 6 = 4800 jelly beans. Together, all 10 people took together 4800 + 1600 = 6400 jelly beans. If there were 8000 jelly beans in a certain barrel, the number of jelly beans that remained is 8000 - 6400 = 1600.
The answer: 1600
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Question: There were 8000 jelly beans in a certain barrel, and 10 people lined up to take some. The first six people each took twice as many jelly beans as each of the last four people took. If the last four people each took 400 jelly beans, how many jelly beans remained in the container?
Andy works 8 hours, so he earns a wage of 8 hours * $9 per hour = $72 just for working there. During that time, he restrings 7 racquets, so he earns 7 racquets * $15 per racquet = $105 from stringing. He also changed the grommets in 2 of those racquets, so he earned 2 grommet jobs * $10 per grommet job = $20 from changing grommets. And he stenciled 5 racquets, so he earned 5 stencil jobs * $1 per stencil job = $5 for stenciling. In total, Andy earned $72 + $105 + $20 + 5 = $202 for the day.
The answer: 202
Reverse engineering the question: Andy works in the pro shop at a tennis resort, where he earns $9 an hour. In addition to this, he gets paid $15 for each racquet he restrings, $10 for changing out the grommets on a racquet, and $1 for painting a stencil on the racquet strings. How much does he earn (before taxes) during an 8-hour shift if he strings 7 racquets, changes 2 sets of grommets, and paints 5 stencils?
Madeline needs to buy 2 * 20 = 40 seeds to make sure that she will have 20 flowers. Thus, Madeline will need to buy 2 packs of flowers to have at least 40 seeds. Thus, Madeline will spend 2 * 5 = $10 on seeds.
The answer: 10
Reverse engineering the question:

assistant: Madeline wants to plant 20 flowers in her garden. She assumes that about half of the seeds she plants will die before they bloom. However, the flower shop only sells packs of seeds with 25 seeds per pack. Each pack is $5. How much will Madeline spend on seeds to plant 20 flowers?