The number of children on the bus is 60 passengers * 25% = 15 passengers. The number of adults on the bus is 60 passengers - 15 passengers = 45 passengers.
The answer: 45
Reverse engineering the question: There are 60 passengers on a bus. Children make up 25% of the bus riders. How many adults are on the bus?


Reasoning and answer: One day, 2000 - 500 = 1500 cans of food were left. It was then restocked to 1500 + 1500 = 3000 cans. 1000 * 2 = 2000 cans were taken the next day. 3000 - 2000 = 1000 cans were left. It was restocked once more to 1000 + 3000 = 4000 cans of food. Carla gave away 500 + 2000 = 2500 cans of food.
The answer: 2500
What was the question?
Question: Carla works at a food bank and she currently has stocked up 2000 cans of food. One day, 500 people showed up and took 1 can of food each. Carla had to then restock 1500 more cans to keep up with demand. The next day, 1000 people showed up and took 2 cans of food each. Carla restocked again with 3000 cans of food this time. How many cans of food did Carla give away?


Sam bought 12 boxes x $10 = $120 worth of highlighters. He bought 12 * 30 = 360 highlighters in total. Sam then took 5 boxes × 6 highlighters / box = 30 highlighters. He sold these boxes for 5 * $3 = $15. After selling these 5 boxes there were 360 - 30 = 330 highlighters remaining. These form 330 / 3 = 110 groups of three pens. He sold each of these groups for $2 each, so made 110 * 2 = $220 from them. In total, then, he earned $220 + $15 = $235. Since his original cost was $120, he earned $235 - $120 = $115 in profit.
The answer: 115
Reverse engineering the question: Sam bought a dozen boxes, each with 30 highlighter pens inside, for $10 each box. He rearranged five of these boxes into packages of six highlighters each and sold them for $3 per package. He sold the rest of the highlighters separately at the rate of three pens for $2. How much profit did he make in total, in dollars?


Reasoning and answer: He spends $10 / snake * 4 snakes = $40 to feed his snakes every month. He spends $5 / iguana * 2 iguanas = $10 to feed his iguanas every month. He spends $15 / gecko * 3 geckos = $45 to feed his geckos every month. So overall he spends $40 + $10 + $45 = $95 to feed all his pets every month. Therefore every year pet food costs him $95 / month * 12 months = $1140.
The answer: 1140
What was the question?
Question: Harry owns 3 geckos, 2 iguanas, and 4 snakes. If he spends $10 to feed each snake, $5 to feed each iguana, and $15 to feed each gecko every month, how much does he spend every year to feed all his pets?


First find how many months Jason worked as a bartender: 9 years * 12 months / year = 108 months. Then find how many months Jason worked as a manager: 3 years * 12 months / year + 6 months = 42 months. Then add those two amounts to find his total amount of work experience: 108 months + 42 months = 150 months.
The answer: 150
Reverse engineering the question: Jason worked for 9 years as a bartender and 3 years and six months as a manager. How many months of work experience does he have total?


Each day he does 8 / .5 = 16 visits. So he does 16 * 5 = 80 visits a week. That means he gives away 80 * 2 = 160 toothbrushes a week.
The answer: 160
Reverse engineering the question:
A dental office gives away 2 toothbrushes to every patient who visits. His 8 hour days are packed and each visit takes .5 hours. How many toothbrushes does he give in a 5 day work week?