Reasoning and answer: First find how much Mary pays weekly for the trash bins: $10 / trash bin * 2 trash bins = $20. Then add this to the cost of the recycling bin: $20 + $5 = $25. Then multiply the week cost by the number of weeks per month to find the monthly cost: $25 / week * 4 weeks / month = $100 / month. Now calculate Mary's senior discount: 18% * $100 = $18. Now subtract the discount and add the fine to find the total monthly cost: $100 - $18 + $20 = $102.
The answer: 102
What was the question?
Question: Mary is paying her monthly garbage bill for a month with exactly four weeks. The garbage company charges Mary $10 per trash bin and $5 per recycling bin every week, and Mary has 2 trash bins and 1 recycling bin. They're giving her an 18% discount on the whole bill before fines for being elderly, but also charging her a $20 fine for putting inappropriate items in a recycling bin. How much is Mary's garbage bill?


The school nurse must check a total of 26 Kindergarteners + 19 first graders + 20 second graders + 25 third graders = 90 students in all. If every check takes 2 minutes, it will take 90 students x 2 minutes = 180 minutes. There are 60 minutes in one hour, so it will take 180 minutes / 60 = 3 hours to complete the checks.
The answer: 3
Reverse engineering the question: The school nurse must conduct lice checks at the elementary school. She must check 26 Kindergarteners, 19 first graders, 20 second graders, and 25 third graders. If each check takes 2 minutes, how many hours will it take the nurse to complete all the checks?


Reasoning and answer: His taxable income is 100,000 - 30,000 = $70,000. So he pays 20,000 * .1 = $2000 tax at the lower rate. He has to pay 70,000 - 20,000 = $50,000 at the higher rate. The taxes for that is 50,000 * .2 = $10,000. So his total tax bill is 10,000 + 2,000 = $12,000.
The answer: 12000
What was the question?
Question: John has to pay taxes. He earned $100,000 for the year. He has $30,000 in deductions. The first $20,000 of taxable income is taxed at 10%. The rest is taxed at 20%. How much does he pay in taxes?


At the market, Mr. Shaefer sold half of the lychees, which is 1 / 2 * 500 = 250. The remaining number of lychees is 500 - 250 = 250. At home, they ate 3 / 5 * 250 = 150 lychees. The total number of lychees remaining is 250 - 150 = 100.
The answer: 100
Reverse engineering the question: Mr. Shaefer harvested 500 lychees in a carton and took them to the market. He sold half of them and took home the remaining number of lychees where they ate 3/5 of them. Calculate the number of lychees remaining.


Reasoning and answer: From the first set of meals, the restaurant earned 10 meals * $8 = $80. From the second set of meals, the restaurant earned 5 meals * $10 = $50. From the third set of meals, the restaurant earned 20 meals * $4 = $80. In total, the restaurant earned $80 + $50 + $80 = $210.
The answer: 210
What was the question?
Question: A restaurant is counting their sales for the day. They sold 10 meals at $8 each, 5 meals at $10 each, and 20 meals at $4 each. In dollars, how much money did the restaurant make throughout the day?


Reasoning and answer: Austin has 60 / 3 = 20 markers. Alia has 20 * 2 = 40 markers.
The answer: 40
What was the question?
Question:
Alia has 2 times as many markers as Austin. Austin has one-third as many markers as Steve does. If Steve has 60 markers, how many does Alia have?