Janina spends $30 + $12 = $42 each day for her pancake stand. She must sell $42 / $2 = 21 pancakes each day to cover her expenses.
The answer: 21
Reverse engineering the question: Janina spends $30 each day for rent and uses $12 worth of supplies daily to run her pancake stand. If she sells each pancake for $2, how many pancakes must Janina sell each day to cover her expenses?


Reasoning and answer: Tammy picks 10 trees x 12 oranges / tree = 120 oranges per day. Tammy sells 120 oranges / day / 6 oranges / pack = 20 6 - packs of oranges a day. Tammy sells 20 packs / day x 7 days / week = 140 6 - packs a week. In 3 weeks Tammy sells 140 packs / week x 3 weeks = 420 6 - packs. Tammy makes 420 packs x $2 / pack = $840.
The answer: 840
What was the question?
Question: Tammy has 10 orange trees from which she can pick 12 oranges each day. Tammy sells 6-packs of oranges for $2. How much money will Tammy have earned after 3 weeks if she sells all her oranges?


First calculate how much Jenna spends on salaries: $2,500 * 4 = $10,000. Next find Jenna's total fixed costs by adding the cost of salaries and rent: $10,000 + $10,000 = $20,000. Next calculate how much profit Jenna makes on each widget by subtracting the cost from the sale price: $8 - $3 = $5. Now multiply the profit per widget by the number of widgets sold: $5 * 5000 = $25,000. Now subtract Jenna's costs from her sales to find her total profit before taxes: $25,000 - $20,000 = $5,000. Now multiply Jenna's profit by her 20% tax rate to find how much she owe in taxes: $5,000 * .2 = $1,000. Now subtract Jenna's taxes from her profit before taxes to find her total profit: $5,000 - $1,000 = $4,000.
The answer: 4000
Reverse engineering the question: Jenna runs a wholesale business. She pays $3 for each widget and resells it for $8. Every month she has to pay $10,000 in rent, 20% of her total profit in taxes, and $2,500 each to four workers. If Jenna sells 5000 widgets one month, how much is her total profit or loss?


Reasoning and answer: Carlton has 2 * 3 = 6 sweater vests. He can wear each sweater vest with different 3 button - up shirts, so Carlton has 3 * 6 = 18 outfits.
The answer: 18
What was the question?
Question: Carlton wears an assortment of sweater vests and button-up shirts. He has twice as many sweater vests as button-up shirts and considers each unique combination of vest and shirt to be an outfit. He owns three button-up shirts. How many outfits does Carlton have?


Three times as many cement bags is 3 * 80 = 240 cement bags. If a bag of cement weighs 50 kg, 3 / 5 times as much weight is 3 / 5 * 50 = 30 kgs. If the cost of transporting 80 bags of cement, each weighing 50 kgs, is $6000, the cost of transporting one bag of cement weighing 50 kg is $6000 / 80 = $75. Since a bag weighing 50 kgs costs $75 to transport, a bag weighing 30 kgs will cost 30 * $75 / 50 = $45 to transport. The cost of transporting 240 cement bags each weighing 30 kgs is $45 * 240 = $10800.
The answer: 10800
Reverse engineering the question: The cost of transporting 80 bags of cement, each weighing 50 kgs, is $6000. What's the cost of transporting three times as many cement bags, each weighing 3/5 times as many kgs?


First find the distance Matt climbs in 7 minutes: 6 feet / minute * 7 minutes = 42 feet. Then find the distance Jason climbs in 7 minutes: 12 feet / minute * 7 minutes = 84 feet. Then subtract the distance Matt climbs from the distance Jason climbs to find the difference: 84 feet - 42 feet = 42 feet.
The answer: 42
Reverse engineering the question:
Jason is climbing a telephone pole next to a tree his friend Matt is climbing. Matt can climb 6 feet/minute and Jason can climb 12 feet per minute. After 7 minutes, how much higher will Jason be than Matt?