Reasoning and answer: She was able to earn 24 x 3 = $72 after selling 24 slices. She earned 15 x 3 = $45 after selling 3 whole pizzas. Therefore, she earned a total of $72 + $45 = $117.
The answer: 117
What was the question?
Question: Susie opens a pizza store. She charges $3 per slice and $15 for a whole pizza. If she was able to sell 24 slices of pizza and 3 whole pizzas, how much money did she earn?


First find the number of Best Buy gift cards Jack needs to return: 6 cards - 1 cards = 5 cards. Then multiply that number by the cost per card to find the total refund Jack gets from Best Buy: 5 cards * $500 / card = $2500. Then find the number of Walmart gift cards Jack needs to return: 9 cards - 2 cards = 7 cards. Then multiply that number by the cost per card to find the total refund Jack gets from Walmart: 7 cards * $200 / card = $1400. Then add the two refunds to find his total refund amount: $2500 + $1400 = $3900.
The answer: 3900
Reverse engineering the question: Jack is on the phone with a scammer who says the IRS will arrest Jack if he doesn't send them the codes from 6 $500 Best Buy gift cards and 9 $200 Walmart gift cards. After sending the codes for 1 Best Buy gift card and 2 Walmart gift cards, Jack wises up and hangs up. How many dollars' worth of gift cards can he still return?


Reasoning and answer: Bertha wears out 20 / 10 = 2 tennis balls in 20 games. She loses 20 / 5 = 4 tennis balls in 20 games. She buys canisters of 3 * 20 / 4 = 15 tennis balls in 20 games. Bertha started with 2 balls and gave 1 away, so she has 2 + 15 - 2 - 4 - 1 = 10 tennis balls after twenty games.
The answer: 10
What was the question?
Question: Bertha plays tennis. Every ten games, one of her tennis balls wears out. Every five games, she loses a ball. Every four games, she buys a canister of three balls. She started with two balls and gave one to her partner. After twenty games, how many tennis balls does she have?


Miss Darlington picked 9 x 20 = 180 blueberries more. So she had a total of 180 + 20 = 200 blueberries.
The answer: 200
Reverse engineering the question: Miss Darlington has a basket of 20 blueberries. She picked 9 more baskets with the same amount of berries. How many blueberries did Miss Darlington have in all?


Reasoning and answer: There are 4 + 2 = 6 flowers that are not blue. Thus, there are 10 - 6 = 4 blue flowers. Thus, blue flowers make up (4 / 10) * 100 = 40%.
The answer: 40
What was the question?
Question: Madeline has 10 flowers. If 4 flowers are red, 2 flowers are white, and the rest are blue, what percentage of flowers are blue?


Reasoning and answer: If Harvey ran 8 more miles, then he ran a total of 12 miles + 8 miles = 20 miles. The two friends ran a total of 20 miles + 12 miles = 32 miles.
The answer: 32
What was the question?
Question:
Harvey and his friend Sam decided to run a footrace in their school track field to see who was better at running. While at it, Harvey runs 8 miles more than his friend Sam, who runs a total of 12 miles. Calculate the total number of miles the two friends run together.