Reasoning and answer: The buoys are evenly spaced, so the first buoy is 72 / 3 = 24 meters from the beach. Thus, the fourth buoy is 24 * 4 = 96 meters from the beach.
The answer: 96
What was the question?
Question: Buoys are placed in the ocean at even intervals away from the beach to help swimmers monitor how far away from the beach they have swum. If a swimmer reaches the third buoy, they have swum out 72 meters. How many meters from the beach is the fourth buoy?


Combining Monday and Friday, Leila ate 6 + 9 = 15 cakes. On Saturday, she ate 6 * 3 = 18 cakes. Altogether, Leila ate 15 + 18 = 33 cakes.
The answer: 33
Reverse engineering the question: Leila eats cake almost every week. Last week, she ate 6 cakes on Monday, 9 cakes on Friday, and on Saturday, she ate triple the number of cakes she ate on Monday. How many cakes does Leila eat?


Reasoning and answer: Jennifer bought twice as many as Emily (who bought 6 candies) which is 6 * 2 = 12 candies. 12 candies (that Jennifer bought) is three times as much as what Bob bought which means 3 * what Bob bought = 12. Dividing both sides of the equation by 3 gives: Number of candies Bob bought = 12 / 3 = 4 candies.
The answer: 4
What was the question?
Question: Jennifer bought twice as many candies as Emily and three times as many as Bob bought. If Emily bought 6 candies, how many candies did Bob buy?


There are 25 + 30 members = 55 members in the first two groups. This means the third group has 70 total members – 55 members in the first two groups = 15 members.
The answer: 15
Reverse engineering the question: A choir splits into 3 groups for their performances. The first group has 25 members, and the second group has 30 members. The third group has the remaining members of the choir. If the choir overall has 70 members, how many members are in the third group?


Reasoning and answer: Maria goes to the coffee shop twice a day. If she orders 3 cups of coffee each time she goes to the coffee shop, it means she orders 2 * 3 = 6 cups of coffee a day.
The answer: 6
What was the question?
Question: Maria goes to the coffee shop 2 times a day. Every time she goes to the coffee shop, she orders 3 cups of coffee. How many cups of coffee does she order per day?


Reasoning and answer: Four hats, each with three stripes, is 4 * 3 = 12 stripes. Three hats with four stripes each is 3 * 4 = 12 stripes. Six hats with no stripes is 6 * 0 = 0 stripes. And two hats with 5 stripes each is 2 * 5 = 10 stripes. The combined total number of stripes Vaishali has on all of her hats is 12 + 12 + 0 + 10 = 34 stripes.
The answer: 34
What was the question?
Question:
Vaishali has 4 hats, each with three stripes. She also has three hats with four stripes each, six hats with no stripes, and another two hats with 5 stripes each. What is the combined total number of stripes Vaishali has on all of her hats?