Reasoning and answer: Austin's trap caught 26 - 8 = 18 shrimp. Together, Victor and Austin's traps caught 18 + 26 = 44 shrimp. Brian's trap caught 44 / 2 = 22 shrimp. In total, they caught 26 + 18 + 22 = 66 shrimp. They were able to sell 66 / 11 = 6 sets of shrimp. They made a total of 6 x $7 = $42. Each boy made $42 / 3 = $14.
The answer: 14
What was the question?
Question: Victor, Austin, and Brian made traps to catch shrimp. Victor's trap caught 26 shrimp and Austin's trap caught 8 less than Victor's. Brian's trap caught half of Victor and Austin's total number of shrimp. If the boys then sold their shrimp for $7 for every 11 tails of shrimp and then divided their earnings equally amongst themselves, how much money does each boy make?


He spent $2.00 on seeds and $8.00 on soil for a total of 2 + 8 = $10.00. He sells each of the 20 basil plants for $5.00 so he makes 20 * 5 = $100.00. He made $100.00 from selling basil plants and he spent $10.00 to buy and grow the seeds. His net profit is 100 - 10 = $90.00.
The answer: 90
Reverse engineering the question: Burt spent $2.00 on a packet of basil seeds and $8.00 on potting soil. The packet of seeds yielded 20 basil plants. He sells each basil plant for $5.00 at the local farmer's market. What is the net profit from his basil plants?


Reasoning and answer: First find the number of calories in the carrots: 50 calories * 2 = 100 calories. Then find the total calories in the salad: 100 calories + 50 calories + 210 calories = 360 calories. Then find the number of calories in the pepperoni: 1 / 3 * 600 calories = 200 calories. Now find the total number of calories in the pizza: 200 calories + 600 calories + 400 calories = 1200 calories. Now find how many calories are in Jackson's portion of the salad: 360 calories * 1 / 4 = 90 calories. Now find how many calories are in Jackson's portion of the pizza: 1200 calories * 1 / 5 = 240 calories. Now find the total calories Jackson ate: 90 calories + 240 calories = 330 calories.
The answer: 330
What was the question?
Question: Jackson is making dinner. He makes a salad out of lettuce (50 calories), carrots (twice the calories of the lettuce) and dressing (210 calories). He also makes a pizza with 600 calories for the crust, 1/3 the crust's calories for the pepperoni, and 400 calories for the cheese. If Jackson eats 1/4 of the salad and 1/5 of the pizza, how many calories does he eat?


Tom earns 3 lawns * $12 per lawn = $36 per month. Tom earned $36 + $10 = $46 last month. Tom's profit last month was $46 - $17 gas money = $29.
The answer: 29
Reverse engineering the question: Tom has a job mowing lawns around his neighborhood. Each month he spends $17 on gas and mows 3 lawns, charging $12 per lawn mowed. Last month he also made extra money pulling weeds for $10. How much profit did Tom earn last month?


Reasoning and answer: Three - quarters of oil from the initially full 4000 - liter tank would be 4000 * (3 / 4) = 3000 liters. In addition to the 3000 liters that were already in the large tanker, there are 3000 + 3000 = 6000 liters in it now. The tanker would be filled to half capacity by (1 / 2) * 20000 = 10000 liters of oil. There are 10000 - 6000 = 4000 liters left to reach half capacity.
The answer: 4000
What was the question?
Question: Three-quarters of the oil from a 4000-liter tank (that was initially full) was poured into a 20000-liter capacity tanker that already had 3000 liters of oil. How many more liters of oil would be needed to make the large tanker half-full?


Reasoning and answer: Since there are four types of chocolate bars and each type has 25 bars, the total number of chocolate bars is 25 * 4 = 100. Since there is a total of 100 chocolate bars and four types of chocolate, we divide 100 / 4 = 25%.
The answer: 25
What was the question?
Question:
Makenna is selling candy for her Softball Team. The box contains 25 milk chocolate bars, 25 dark chocolate bars, 25 milk chocolate with almond bars, and 25 white chocolate bars. What is the percentage of each type of chocolate bar?