Reasoning and answer: Sandra has 3 * 12 = 36 oranges. So, Emily has 7 * 36 = 252 oranges.
The answer: 252
What was the question?
Question: Emily has 7 times as many oranges as Sandra. Sandra has 3 times as many oranges as Betty. If Betty has 12 oranges, how many oranges does Emily have?
Since 2 students did not eat their animal crackers, 20 - 2 = 18 students ate their animal crackers. The students ate a total of 18 * 10 = 180 animal crackers.
The answer: 180
Reverse engineering the question: Mrs. Gable's third grade class is on a field trip to the beach. For lunch, Mrs. Gable brought 20 lunches for the 20 students in her class. She included a pack of animal crackers in each lunch bag for dessert. Each pack of animal crackers contained 10 animal crackers. If 2 students did not eat their animal crackers, how many animal crackers were eaten in total among Mrs. Gable's students?
Reasoning and answer: Ian is able to earn $18 per hour doing surveys. If he worked 8 hours doing surveys, then he earned $18 * 8 = $144. If he spent half of what he earned, then he spent $144 * 50% = $72. If Ian spent $72 of his earnings, then he has $144 - $72 = $72 left.
The answer: 72
What was the question?
Question: Ian spent half the money he made on doing online surveys. If he worked 8 hours doing surveys and on average he's able to earn $18 per hour doing surveys, how much money does he have left?
There were 50 x 3 = 150 tadpoles. There are 50 - 7 = 43 fish left in the pond. There are 150 / 2 = 75 tadpoles left in the pond. There are 75 - 43 = 32 more tadpoles than fish in the pond now.
The answer: 32
Reverse engineering the question: There were 50 fish in a pond and 3 times as many tadpoles. If Curtis catches 7 fish and half the tadpoles develop into frogs, how many more tadpoles than fish are there in the pond now?
Reasoning and answer: Area of 1 bedroom = 11 * 11 = 121 square feet. Area of 4 bedrooms = 121 * 4 = 484 square feet. Area of 1 bathroom = 6 * 8 = 48 square feet. Area of 2 bathrooms = 2 * 48 = 96 square feet. Area of all bedrooms and bathrooms = 484 + 96 = 580 square feet. Kitchen + living room = 1,110 - 580 = 530. Kitchen = 530 / 2 = 265. The kitchen is 265 square feet.
The answer: 265
What was the question?
Question: Raj's house has an area equal to 1,110 square feet. It has 4 bedrooms that each measure 11 x 11 feet. There are 2 bathrooms that are 6 x 8 feet each. The kitchen and living area complete the home and they have the same sized area. How many square feet is the area of the kitchen?
Reasoning and answer: There is 1 gilled mushroom for every 1 + 9 = 10 mushrooms. Thus, there were 30 / 10 = 3 gilled mushrooms on the fallen log's side.
The answer: 3
What was the question?
Question:
A certain kind of wild mushroom has either spots or gills, but never both. Gilled mushrooms are rare, with only one growing for every nine spotted mushrooms that grow. A fallen log had 30 mushrooms growing on its side. How many gilled mushrooms were on the fallen log's side?