Reasoning and answer: Eunice can plant a total of 3 pots x 3 seeds = 9 seeds in three pots. So, only 10 - 9 = 1 eggplant seed will be planted in the fourth pot.
The answer: 1
What was the question?
Question: Eunice has 10 eggplant seeds and 4 pots. How many seeds will be planted in the fourth pot if 3 seeds can be planted in 1 pot?


Colton gave away 4 stickers * 3 friends = 12 stickers. Colton gave Mandy 2 + 12 stickers = 14 stickers. Colton gave Justin 14 stickers - 10 = 4 stickers. In total, Colton gave away 12 + 14 + 4 stickers = 30 stickers. Colton's number of total stickers at the end is 72 - 30 = 42 stickers.
The answer: 42
Reverse engineering the question: Colton had 72 dolphin stickers. He gave 4 stickers each to 3 friends. He also gave his friend Mandy 2 more than he gave his three friends total.  And he gave Justin 10 less than Mandy. How many stickers does Colton have left?


Reasoning and answer: A red ticket is equal to 10 blue tickets, and a yellow is equal to ten red tickets, so a yellow ticket is also equal to 10 * 10 = 100 blue tickets. It takes 10 yellow tickets to win a Bible, or 10 * 100 = 1000 blue tickets. Tom has 8 yellow tickets, which are worth 8 * 100 = 800 blue tickets. He also has 3 red tickets, which are worth 3 * 10 = 30 blue tickets. Added with his 7 blue tickets, he has 800 + 30 + 7 = 837 blue tickets' worth of tickets. So he still needs to earn 1000 - 837 = 163 blue tickets.
The answer: 163
What was the question?
Question: To win a brand new Bible at Tom Sawyer's Sunday school, a pupil has to win 10 yellow tickets; each yellow ticket is obtained by trading in 10 red tickets; each red ticket is obtained by trading in 10 blue tickets; and blue tickets are earned by memorizing two Bible verses. But rather than go to all that trouble, Tom Sawyer has traded various toys and treasures of his with his friends until he has gathered 8 yellow, 3 red, and 7 blue tickets. How many more blue tickets would he need to earn to win a new Bible?


Micah drank 1.5 x 3 = 4.5 liters in the afternoon. She drank a total of 1.5 + 4.5 = 6 liters of water.
The answer: 6
Reverse engineering the question: Micah drank 1.5 liters of water in the morning. Then she drank three times that much water in the afternoon. How many liters of water did she drink from the morning until the afternoon?


Reasoning and answer: Brian read two books with 15 chapters, so he read 2 * 15 = 30 chapters. He also read a book with 20 chapters, bringing the total for the first three to 30 + 20 = 50 chapters. He then read a book with half the chapters of his cumulative total so far, so it had 50 / 2 = 25 chapters. In total, he read 30 + 20 + 25 = 75 chapters.
The answer: 75
What was the question?
Question: Brian likes to read books. He read one book that had 20 chapters, two books that had 15 chapters each, and one book that had half the chapters of the three previous books put together. How many chapters of books did Brian read?


Reasoning and answer: His goal is 10 haircuts because 8 + 2 = 10. He is 80% there because (8 / 10) x 100 = 80.
The answer: 80
What was the question?
Question:
Calvin has been saving his hair clippings after each haircut to make a wig for his dog. He has gotten 8 haircuts and knows that he needs 2 more to reach his goal. What percentage towards his goal is he?