Reasoning and answer: 1 bar of soap will last for 2 months and there are 12 months in 1 year so she needs 12 / 2 = 6 bars of soap. Each bar of soap is $8.00 and she needs 6 bars so that's a total of 8 * 6 = $48.00.
The answer: 48
What was the question?
Question: Maria buys a large bar of French soap that lasts her for 2 months. She spends $8.00 per bar of soap. If she wants to stock up for the entire year, how much will she spend on soap?
Lionel has enough Graham crackers to make 14 / 2 = 7 Oreo cheesecakes. Lionel has enough Oreos to make 15 / 3 = 5 Oreo cheesecakes. Therefore, the maximum number of cheesecakes Lionel can make is 5. Lionel needs 2 * 5 = 10 boxes of Graham crackers to make 4 cheesecakes. He'll have 14 - 10 = 4 boxes left over.
The answer: 4
Reverse engineering the question: Lionel went to the grocery store and bought 14 boxes of Graham crackers and 15 packets of Oreos. To make an Oreo cheesecake, Lionel needs 2 boxes of Graham crackers and 3 packets of Oreos. After making the maximum number of Oreo cheesecakes he can with the ingredients he bought, how many boxes of Graham crackers would he have left over?
Reasoning and answer: The sum of the three quizzes that Malou got is 91 + 90 + 92 = 273. So, her average score is 273 / 3 = 91.
The answer: 91
What was the question?
Question: Malou got 91, 90, and 92 in her three quizzes. What is her average score?
The teacher brings 14 bars to school because 7 x 2 = 14. There are 21 total bars of chocolate because 7 + 14 = 21. There are 168 total squares of chocolate because 21 x 8 = 168. Each student gets 7 squares because 168 / 24 = 7.
The answer: 7
Reverse engineering the question: Gerald brings chocolate bars to school for his class to share. Each bar contains 8 squares. He brings 7 total bars. His teacher says that for every bar he brings, she will bring two more identical ones. There are 24 students in class. How many squares of chocolate does each student get?
Reasoning and answer: The period the store had the TV was 2009 - 2001 = 8 years. The TV decreased by $35 / year * 8 years = $280. So the price in 2009 was $1950 - $280 = $1670.
The answer: 1670
What was the question?
Question: Each year a store decreased the price of a certain model of TV by $35. If the price in 2001 was $1950, what was the price in 2009?
Reasoning and answer: Randy has 30 - 10 = 20 dollars left after buying lunch. Randy spent 20 / 4 = 5 dollars on the ice cream cone. Randy has 20 - 5 = 15 dollars left.
The answer: 15
What was the question?
Question:
Randy has $30. He spent $10 buying his lunch. He spent a quarter of the money he had left on an ice cream cone. What is the amount of money, in dollars, Randy has left?