She bought 10 - 4 = 6 adult tickets. So 6 * 30 = $180 was the cost for adult tickets. Children tickets cost 30 / 2 = $15 each. So the children tickets cost 15 * 4 = $60. So the total cost of tickets is 60 + 180 = $240. They get a 240 * .2 = $48 discount. So the tickets cost 240 - 48 = $192. So in total she paid 192 + 5 = $197.
The answer: 197
Reverse engineering the question: A waterpark opens up and charges $30 for admission. Kids' tickets are half price. If a group of people brings a soda, they can get 20% off the total price of admission. Janet gets tickets for 10 people and 4 of them are children. She buys a soda for $5 to take advantage of the discount for her group. How much did she pay for everything?


Reasoning and answer: Her oldest wants 2 strings cheeses a day for 5 days so 2 * 5 = 10 string cheeses. Her youngest wants 1 string cheese a day for 5 days so 1 * 5 = 5 string cheeses. Together they want 10 + 5 = 15 string cheeses a week. Over 4 weeks, her kids will eat 15 string cheeses so 4 * 15 = 60 string cheeses. The bags have 30 per pack and she needs 60 so 60 / 30 = 2 packs of string cheese.
The answer: 2
What was the question?
Question: Kelly puts string cheeses in her kids lunches 5 days per week. Her oldest wants 2 every day and her youngest will only eat 1. The packages come with 30 string cheeses per pack. How many packages of string cheese will Kelly need to fill her kids lunches for 4 weeks?


Let b be the number of trips Bill makes and j be the number Jean makes. We know that b + j = 40, and j = b + 6. Substituting the first equation into the second equation, we get b + b + 6 = 40. Combining like terms, we get 2b + 6 = 40. Subtracting 6 from both sides, we get 2b = 34. Dividing both sides by 2, we get b = 17. Substituting that value back into j = b + 6, we get j = 17 + 6 = 23.
The answer: 23
Reverse engineering the question: Bill and Jean are both cleaning out their garages. Bill makes a certain number of trips to the dump and Jean makes that many trips plus 6. If they make 40 trips total, how many trips does Jean make?


Reasoning and answer: At her current job, Maisy earns 8 hours * $10 per hour = $80. At her new job, she would earn 4 hours * $15 per hour = $60. Including her bonus, her new job would pay $60 wage + $35 bonus = $95. So at her new job, she would earn an extra 95 – 80 = $15.
The answer: 15
What was the question?
Question: Maisy has been offered a new job and now has the option of continuing to work at her current job or take the new job. Her current job is 8 hours a week with a wage of $10 per hour. The new job is offering 4 hours a week with a wage of $15 per hour with an additional bonus of $35 per week if she exceeds her quota. Maisy is confident that she will exceed her quota and decides to include this when calculating her wage at the new job. How much more money, in dollars, will Maisy earn at her new job?


After giving 18 apples to Zenny, Yanna remained with 60 - 18 = 42 apples. Since she also gave Andrea 6 apples, Yanna remained with 42 - 6 = 36 apples. Therefore, Yanna kept 36 apples.
The answer: 36
Reverse engineering the question: Yanna bought 60 apples. She gave eighteen apples to Zenny. She gave six more apples to Andrea and kept the rest. How many apples did she keep?


A third of $30 is $30 * (1 / 3) = $10. She spent $10 from $30 leaving $30 - $10 = $20. She spent another $8 leaving $20 - $8 = $12 which she saved.
The answer: 12
Reverse engineering the question:
Annabelle collected a weekly allowance of $30. She spent a third of it buying junk food, then spent another $8 on sweets. Out of guilt she decides to save the rest. How much did she save?