Reasoning and answer: Vikki earnt 10 × $42 = $420 in one week. She then gets taxed $420 × 0.2 = $84. She also loses $420 × 0.05 = $21 due to insurance. Vikki also pays $5 in union dues. In total Vikki loses $84 + $21 + $5 = $110 because of deductions. Her final total pay after deductions is $420 - $110 = $310.
The answer: 310
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Question: Vikki worked 42 hours in one week. Her hourly pay rate is $10. From her weekly earnings, 20% is deducted as tax, 5% is deducted as insurance cover, and $5 is deducted for union dues. How much money, in dollars, does Vikki take home after deductions?


Fred received 250 + 120 = 370 stickers. Thus, Andrew shared 250 + 370 = 620 stickers. Therefore, Andrew kept 750 - 620 = 130 stickers.
The answer: 130
Reverse engineering the question: Andrew bought 750 stickers. He shared some of his stickers with his friends, Daniel and Fred. Daniel received 250 stickers, while Fred received 120 more stickers than Daniel.  He kept the remaining stickers. How many stickers did Andrew keep?


Reasoning and answer: Milly and Floretta have a total of 3 packs of their own water balloons + 2 packs of the neighbor’s water balloons = 5 packs of water balloons. So there is a total of 5 packs of water balloons * 6 balloons per pack of water balloons = 30 water balloons available. As they split them evenly, they each have 30 water balloons / 2 = 15 water balloons. After Milly steals some balloons, Floretta is left with 15 – 7 = 8 water balloons.
The answer: 8
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Question: Milly and Floretta are having a water balloon fight in their garden. They use 3 packs of their own water balloons and also use 2 packs of a neighbor’s water balloons. Each pack of water balloons contains 6 balloons. Milly and Floretta fill all of the balloons then split them evenly, but Milly takes an extra 7 balloons when Floretta isn't looking. How many water balloons is Floretta left with?


Miranda will have 3600 / 300 = 12 pounds of feathers from her goose. Thus, Miranda can stuff about 12 / 2 = 6 feather pillows after she plucks the goose.
The answer: 6
Reverse engineering the question: Miranda is stuffing feather pillows. She needs two pounds of feathers for each pillow. A pound of goose feathers is approximately 300 feathers. Her goose has approximately 3600 feathers. How many pillows can she stuff after she plucks the goose?


Reasoning and answer: It takes 10 minutes to dry the coat of a short - haired dog and twice as long for a full haired dog so they take 10 * 2 = 20 minutes to dry. He had 6 short hair dogs and they took 10 minutes to dry each so they took 6 * 10 = 60 minutes to dry. He had 9 full haired dogs that took 20 minutes to dry each so they took 9 * 20 = 180 minutes to dry. Together is takes him 60 + 180 = 240 minutes to dry all of the dogs. 60 minutes are in 1 hour and he spends 240 minutes on the dogs so he worked for 240 / 60 = 4 hours drying the dogs.
The answer: 4
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Question: It takes a dog groomer 10 minutes to dry a short-haired dog like a beagle. It takes him twice as long to dry a full-haired, fluffy dog like a german shepherd. One morning, he has 6 short-haired dogs to dry and 9 full-haired dogs to dry. How many hours does it take him to dry all of the dogs?


Reasoning and answer: The mom dog eats 1.5 cups of food * 3 = 4.5 cups per day. For 6 days the mom dog will need 6 * 4.5 cups = 27 cups of food. The puppies eat 1 / 2 cup of food * 2 = 1 cup per day. There are 5 puppies * 1 cup = 5 cups per day for the puppies. For the 6 days, the puppies will need 5 cups * 6 = 30 cups of food. Combined the dogs will need 27 cups + 30 cups = 57 cups.
The answer: 57
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Question:
Joy fosters dogs. The mom foster dog eats 1.5 cups of food, three times a day. The puppies each eat 1/2 cup of food, twice a day. There are 5 puppies. How much food will Joy need for the next 6 days?