If there are six chairs in each row in the church, the total number of chairs in the church is 6 * 20 = 120. Since each chair holds 5 people, 5 * 120 = 600 people must sit in all of the chairs for the church to be full.
The answer: 600
Reverse engineering the question: There are six chairs in each row in a church. If there are 20 rows of chairs in the church, and each chair holds five people, calculate the number of people who have to sit in the chairs for the church to be full.


Reasoning and answer: The zoo has 8 x 3 = 24 snakes. It has 24 x 2 = 48 monkeys. The number of parrots and snakes added up is 8 + 24 = 32. There are 32 / 2 = 16 elephants. There are 16 - 3 = 13 zebras. The difference between zebras and monkeys is 48 - 13 = 35.
The answer: 35
What was the question?
Question: A zoo has 8 parrots. It 3 times the number of snakes than parrots and 2 times the number of monkeys than snakes. The number of elephants is half the number of parrots and snakes added up, and there are 3 fewer zebras than elephants. What is the difference in number between the zebras and the monkeys?


If the bakery can make 12 pies, this means there would be 12 * 3 = 36 pie pieces. For all the pieces the bakery would make 36 * 4 = $144. The cost of making 12 pies is 12 * 0.5 = $6. That means the bakery would make 144 - 6 = $138.
The answer: 138
Reverse engineering the question: One pie costs $4 for a piece. Each pie is having 3 pieces. During one hour the bakery can make 12 pies. Creating one pie costs the bakery $0.5. Considering the bakery would be able to sell all pie pieces, how much money would it make?


Reasoning and answer: The bird wants 12 * 6 = 72 twigs to add to the nest. It knows a tree that has dropped 72 * 1 / 3 = 24 twigs. Thus, the bird will still need 72 - 24 = 48 twigs to finish the nest.
The answer: 48
What was the question?
Question: A bird is building a nest from twigs. The bird has put twelve twigs together already to make a circle. For each twig it placed into the circle, it wants to weave in six more twigs to fill out the nest. It knows a tree that has dropped a third of the twigs it needs. How many twigs will the bird still need to find to finish its nest?


First find the total distance Carson walks along the warehouse's long sides: 600 feet / side * 2 sides = 1200 feet. Then find the total distance Carson walks along the warehouse's short sides: 400 feet / side * 2 sides = 800 feet. Add those two amounts to find the total distance walk in one circle: 1200 feet + 800 feet = 2000 feet. Then find the number of circles Carson actually walks: 10 circles - 2 circles = 8 circles. Then multiply the distance of one circle by the number of circles Carson makes: 2000 feet / circle * 8 circles = 16000 feet.
The answer: 16000
Reverse engineering the question: Carson is a night security guard. He's supposed to patrol the outside of a warehouse that's 600 feet long and 400 feet wide. If Carson is supposed to circle the warehouse 10 times, but gets tired and skips 2 times, how far does he walk in one night?


After giving away 4 / 5 of the cupcakes, Anna has 60 / 5 = 12 cupcakes. After eating 3 cupcakes, Anna has 12 - 3 = 9 cupcakes.
The answer: 9
Reverse engineering the question:
Anna baked 60 cupcakes. She gives away 4/5 of the cupcakes to her classmates. Of the remaining 1/5 of cupcakes, she eats 3 cupcakes. How many cupcakes does she have left?