Reasoning and answer: The total amount of money that Zachary received from selling his video games is $40 * 5 = $200. Jason received 30 / 100 * $200 = $60 more than the amount Zachary received after selling his games. The total amount of money that Jason received is $60 + $200 = $260. Together, Zachary and Jason received $260 + $200 = $460 from the sale of their video games. Ryan received $260 + $50 = $310 from the sale of his video games. The three friends made a total of $310 + $460 = $770 from the sale of the video games.
The answer: 770
What was the question?
Question: When three friends sold their video games, Ryan, the first of the three friends, received $50 more than Jason from his sales. Jason received 30% more money than Zachary from selling his video games. If Zachary sold 40 games at $5 each, calculate the total amount of money the three friends received together from the sale of the video games.


Kendra made 4 + 5 * 8 = 44. Sue made 44 / 2 = 22.
The answer: 22
Reverse engineering the question: Kendra made 4 more than five times as many decorated buttons as Mari. Sue made half as many as Kendra. Mari made 8 buttons. How many did Sue make?


Reasoning and answer: If the ship traveled 100 miles to the north, it sailed for a distance of 3 * 100 miles = 300 miles to the east on the second day. On the third day, the sheep sailed for 300 miles + 110 miles = 410 miles. The distance covered by the ship in the three days is 410 miles + 300 miles + 100 miles = 810 miles.
The answer: 810
What was the question?
Question: A captain steers his ship 100 miles north on the first day of their journey. On the second day, he sails to the east three times as far as the distance as he covered on the first day. On the third day, the ship travels further east for 110 more miles than the distance it covered on the second day. What is the total distance the ship has traveled in the three days?


He gives a third of 12 oranges to his brother which is 12 * (1 / 3) = 4 oranges. He has 12 - 4 = 8 oranges left. He gives a fourth of 8 oranges to his friend which is 8 * (1 / 4) = 2 oranges.
The answer: 2
Reverse engineering the question: A boy has 12 oranges. He gives one-third of this number to his brother, one-fourth of the remainder to his friend and keeps the rest for himself. How many does his friend get?


Reasoning and answer: Since Daria consumes two and a half times the amount of pizza that Don does, if Don eats 80 pizzas, Daria eats 2.5 * 80 = 200 pizzas. Together, they eat 200 + 80 = 280 pizzas.
The answer: 280
What was the question?
Question: Daria consumes 2.5 times the amount of pizza that Don does. If Don eats 80 pizzas, how many pizzas do they both eat altogether?


Reasoning and answer: First find the number of tadpoles Trent released: 180 tadpoles * .75 = 135 tadpoles. Then subtract the number he let go from the total number to find the number of tadpoles he keeps: 180 tadpoles - 135 tadpoles = 45 tadpoles.
The answer: 45
What was the question?
Question:
Trent caught 180 tadpoles then let 75% of them go. How many did he keep?