Tom served on Monday to 8 * 10 = 80 clients. So Tom earned 20 / 100 * 80 = 16 bonus points.
The answer: 16
Reverse engineering the question: In a certain company, for every customer served, an employee gets as many bonus points, as 20% of the number of customers served. On Monday, Tom served 10 customers per hour for 8 hours. How many bonus points did Tom earn that day?


Reasoning and answer: Julie caught half the amount of Tabitha's 22 pieces so 22 / 2 = 11 pieces of candy caught by Julie. Carlos caught twice the amount of candy as Stan's 13 pieces so 2 * 13 = 26 pieces of candy caught by Carlos. All together, Tabitha caught 22 pieces, Stan had 13, Julie had 11 and Carlos had 26, so there were a total of 22 + 13 + 11 + 26 = 72 pieces of candy.
The answer: 72
What was the question?
Question: Tabitha and her friends were excited to go to the Christmas parade because they knew candy would be thrown to the crowd from the floats. Tabitha caught 22 pieces of candy. Stan caught 13 pieces. Julie caught half the amount of candy as Tabitha caught and Carlos caught twice as much candy as Stan. How many pieces in total did the friends catch?


The first fisherman will catch 3 * 213 = 639 fish during the season. The second fisherman catch 1 * 30 + 2 * 60 = 150 fish during the first 90 days of the season. Then, during the remaining 213 - 90 = 123 days of the season, the second fisherman will can an additional 4 * 123 = 492 fish. Thus, the second fisherman will catch a total of 150 + 492 = 642 fish. Therefore, the second fisherman will catch 642 - 639 = 3 more fish than the first fisherman at the end of the season.
The answer: 3
Reverse engineering the question: In Alaska the commercial Cod fishing season runs from January 1 - August 1 lasting exactly 7 months, or 213 days on a non-leap year. Two fishermen are competing against each other to see who can earn more profit. The first fisherman plans to catch fish at a steady rate of 3 per day for the entire season. The second fisherman is a novice who will need to start more slowly. He plans to catch only 1 fish per day during the first 30 days, 2 fish per day during the next 60 days, and then 4 fish per day during the remainder of the season. At the end of the season, how many more fish will be caught by the fisherman who catches the higher number of fish?


Reasoning and answer: If Chiquita is 5 feet tall, then Mr. Martinez is 5 + 2 = 7 feet tall. Together, their height is 7 + 5 = 12 feet.
The answer: 12
What was the question?
Question: Mr. Martinez is two feet taller than his daughter, Chiquita. If Chiquita is 5 feet tall, calculate their combined height.


A quarter of the workers equals 852 * 25 / 100 = 213 workers. There are now 852 + 213 = 1065 employees in the factory.
The answer: 1065
Reverse engineering the question: In a factory that employed 852 people, 25% more workers have just been hired. How many employees are there now in the factory?


He ate 14 apples the first two weeks because 14 x 1 = 14. He ate 14 apples in the next three weeks because 14 = 14. He ate 42 apples in the final two weeks because 14 x 3 = 42. He ate 70 apples in total. He averaged 10 apples a week because 70 / 7 = 10.
The answer: 10
Reverse engineering the question:
Archibald eats 1 apple a day for two weeks. Over the next three weeks, he eats the same number of apples as the total of the first two weeks. Over the next two weeks, he eats 3 apples a day. Over these 7 weeks, how many apples does he average a week?