The bananas cost 4 x $1 = $4. The apples cost 3 x $2 = $6. The strawberries cost (24 / 12) x $4 = $8. The avocados cost 2 x $3 = $6. The grapes cost 2 x $2 = $4. The total cost of the fruit basket is $4 + $6 + $8 + $6 + $4 = $28.
The answer: 28
Reverse engineering the question: A fruit basket consists of 4 bananas, 3 apples, 24 strawberries, 2 avocados, and a bunch of grapes. One banana costs $1. An apple costs $2. 12 strawberries cost $4. An avocado costs $3, and half a bunch of grapes costs $2. What is the total cost of the fruit basket?


Reasoning and answer: John spent $20 x 1 / 5 = $4 on snacks. He had $20 - $4 = $16 remaining. He spent $16 x 3 / 4 = $12 on his necessities. So, John is left with $16 - $12 = $4.
The answer: 4
What was the question?
Question: John had $20. He spent 1/5 of his money on snacks and 3/4 of the remaining money on necessities. How much is left of John's money?


She plays 480 notes because 8 x 60 = 480. This is 12 blocks of 40 notes because 480 / 40 = 12. She makes 36 mistakes because 12 x 3 = 36.
The answer: 36
Reverse engineering the question: Nadia is learning to play the piano. She normally makes 3 mistakes per 40 notes and can play about 60 notes a minute.  If she plays for 8 minutes how many mistakes will she make on average?


Reasoning and answer: The third dart earned Don 50 / 2 = 25 points. Thus, his total score is 50 + 0 + 25 = 75 points.
The answer: 75
What was the question?
Question: Don throws 3 darts. One is a bullseye worth 50 points. One completely missed the target, so received no points. The third was worth half the points of the bullseye. What is the final score from these 3 throws?


They are 9 slices of cheese because 16 - 7 = 9. They ate three slices of cheese each because 9 / 3 = 3. They are 6 slices each in total because 3 x 2 = 6.
The answer: 6
Reverse engineering the question: Phoebe has two pizzas to share with her and three friends. One has pepperoni and the other has cheese. They both have 16 slices. They all eat the same amount. One friend eats only pepperoni, while the rest have an equal number of slices of each. At the end, there is one slice of pepperoni left and 7 slices of cheese, how many slices does each person eat?


The store received 20 / 2 = 10 pallets of paper towels. They received 20 / 4 = 5 pallets of tissues. They received 20 / 5 = 4 pallets of paper plates. Thus, the store received 20 - 10 - 5 - 4 = 1 pallet of paper cups.
The answer: 1
Reverse engineering the question:
A store received 20 pallets of paper products to stock. Half the pallets were paper towels, a quarter were tissues, and a fifth were paper plates. The rest were paper cups. How many pallets of paper cups did the store receive?