Jenny has 6 cards. Orlando has 2 more cards than Jenny, so Orlando has 6 + 2 = 8 cards. Richard has 3 times the number of cards Orlando has. so Richard has 8 * 3 = 24 cards. Together, they have 6 + 8 + 24 = 38 cards.
The answer: 38
Reverse engineering the question: Jenny has 6 Pokemon cards. Orlando has 2 more cards than Jenny. Richard has three times as many cards as Orlando. How many Pokemon cards do they have in all?


Reasoning and answer: She works 8 hours a day at $16.00 an hour so she makes 8 * 16 = $128.00 a day. She works this job 5 days a week so she makes 128 * 5 = $640.00 in 5 days. She works 2 hours a day at $13.50 an hour so she makes 2 * 13.50 = $27.00 a day. She works this job 5 days a week so she makes 27 * 5 = $135.00. She makes $640 at her main job and $135 at her part - time job so all total she makes 640 + 135 = $775.00 in 5 days.
The answer: 775
What was the question?
Question: Joanne makes $16.00 working at her main job for 8 hours a day. She has a part-time job, working an extra 2 hours a day where she makes $13.50 an hour. How much money does she make if she works this schedule 5 days a week?


Jasmine's shortest book is 1 / 4 * 396 pages = 99 pages long. The middle book is 3 * 99 pages = 297 pages long.
The answer: 297
Reverse engineering the question: Jasmine wants to organize her books in order of most number of pages to least number of pages. Jasmine's longest book has 396 pages and her shortest book has one-fourth as many pages as the longest. If the book in the middle of her shelf has three times the number of pages of the shortest book, then how many pages does the middle book have?


Reasoning and answer: The price of the book is down by: 100 * 0.2 = $20. So the new price of the movie ticket is: 100 - 20 = $80.
The answer: 80
What was the question?
Question: Last week, the price of a movie ticket was $100. This year the price is down by 20%. What's the new price of the movie ticket?


The number of musicians in the orchestra is 11 + 12 = 23. The number of musicians in the band is 2 × 23 = 46. The number of students in the choir is 12 + 17 = 29. There are 23 + 46 + 29 = 98 musicians in total.
The answer: 98
Reverse engineering the question: There are 11 males & 12 females in the orchestra and twice that number in the band. There are 12 males & 17 females in the choir. If each musician only participates in one group, how many musicians total are there in the orchestra, the band, and the choir?


First find how many birds get scared away by kids: 36 seagulls / 4 = 9 seagulls. Then subtract that number from the starting total: 36 seagulls - 9 seagulls = 27 seagulls. Then divide that number by 3: 27 seagulls / 3 = 9 seagulls. Then subtract that number from the 27 seagulls to find the final number of seagulls: 27 seagulls - 9 seagulls = 18 seagulls.
The answer: 18
Reverse engineering the question:
There are 36 seagulls on the roof of the Taco Bell. Kids scare 1/4 of them away by throwing stones, and 1/3 of the remaining birds decide to fly to McDonald's parking lot. How many seagulls are left?