In a day, Megan earns 8 x $7.50 = $60. In a month, she will be earning 20 x $60 = $1200. Therefore, Megan will earn a total of 2 x $1200 = $2400 for two months of work.
The answer: 2400
Reverse engineering the question: Megan works eight hours a day and earns $7.50 per hour. If she works 20 days a month, how much will be her total earnings for two months of work?


Reasoning and answer: If the average temperature of Orlando for the week was 60, then the total temperature for the week was 7 * 60 = 420 degrees. For the first three days of that week, the temperature was 40 degrees each day, totaling 3 * 40 = 120 degrees in the three days. The temperature for Thursday and Friday was 80 degrees each, a total of 80 * 2 = 160 degrees. The temperature of Orlando for the first five days was 160 + 120 = 280 degrees. The temperature for the remaining two days is 420 - 280 = 140 degrees.
The answer: 140
What was the question?
Question: The average temperature in Orlando in a particular week was 60 degrees. If the temperature on each of the first 3 days in that week was 40, and the temperature for Thursday and Friday was 80 degrees each, calculate the total temperature of the remaining days of that week.


James has 28 marbles / 4 bags = 7 marbles per bag. James has 28 marbles - 7 marbles = 21 marbles remaining.
The answer: 21
Reverse engineering the question: James has 28 marbles. He puts them into 4 bags. He puts the same number in each bag. He then gives one bag away. How many marbles does James have left?


Reasoning and answer: 349 - 108 = 241 and 241 - 153 = 88. There are 88 pieces of candy left in the bowl.
The answer: 88
What was the question?
Question: There were 349 pieces of candy in a bowl. Talitha took 108 pieces and Solomon took 153 pieces. How many pieces of candy remain in the bowl?


Since Cory drives his wheelchair at 12 miles per hour, then Milo rolls downhill on his skateboard at 12 / 2 = 6 miles per hour. Therefore, Milo runs at 6 / 2 = 3 miles per hour. If Milo runs for 2 hours at 3 miles per hour, then Milo will travel 2 * 3 = 6 miles.
The answer: 6
Reverse engineering the question: Milo can roll downhill on his skateboard at twice the speed that he can run. And Milo's best friend, Cory, can drive his wheelchair at twice the speed that Milo can roll downhill on his skateboard. If Cory always drives his wheelchair at 12 miles per hour, how many miles can Milo run in two hours?


On the second day, the company paved 4 * 2 - 1 = 7 miles. The company has 16 - 7 - 4 = 5 miles of road remaining to pave. They will need 3 * 5 = 15 truckloads of asphalt to pave 5 miles of road. For 15 truckloads, they will need 15 * 2 = 30 bags of gravel. Thus, the company will need 30 / 5 = 6 barrels of pitch to finish the road on the third day.
The answer: 6
Reverse engineering the question:
A roadwork company is paving a newly constructed 16-mile road. They use a mixture of pitch and gravel to make the asphalt to pave the road. Each truckloads of asphalt uses two bags of gravel and five times as many bags of gravel as it does barrels of pitch to make. It takes three truckloads of asphalt to pave each mile of road. The company paved 4 miles of road on one day, then one mile less than double that on the second day. How many barrels of pitch will the company need to finish the remaining road on the third day?