Reasoning and answer: Her cousin brought over 20 / 5 = 4 pairs of socks. Three times more than Lisa bought was 12 * 3 = 36. Her mom brought 36 + 8 = 44 pairs of socks. In total Lisa had 12 + 20 + 4 + 44 = 80 pairs of socks.
The answer: 80
What was the question?
Question: Lisa was collecting socks to donate to a homeless shelter. She bought 12 pairs at a discount store. Sandra, her friend, came over and brought her 20 pairs of socks. Her cousin showed up with one-fifth the number of pairs that Sandra bought. After work, Lisa’s mom brought 8 more than three times the number of pairs Lisa started with. How many pairs of socks did Lisa end up with?


Three times the number of tickets to the romance movie is 25 * 3 = 75 tickets. The horror movie sold 75 + 18 = 93 tickets.
The answer: 93
Reverse engineering the question: The movie theater sold 18 more than three times the number of tickets to the horror movie as it did to the romance movie. If the theater sold 25 tickets to the romance movie, how many tickets did it sell to the horror movie?


Reasoning and answer: Sylvia got 50 / 5 = 10 incorrect answers. This means she got 50 - 10 = 40 correct answers. Sergio got 50 - 4 = 46 correct answers. So, Sergio got 46 - 40 = 6 more correct answers than Sylvia.
The answer: 6
What was the question?
Question: Sylvia had one-fifth of incorrect answers in the exam, while Sergio got 4 mistakes. If there were 50 questions, how many more correct answers does Sergio have than Sylvia?


On the second day, Penn made $10 + $4 = $14. On the 3rd day, she made $14 + $4 = $18. On the 4th day , she made $18 + $4 = $22. On the 5th day, she made $22 + $4 = $26. After 5 days, Penn made a total of $10 + $14 + $18 + $22 + $26 = $90.
The answer: 90
Reverse engineering the question: Penn operates an ice cream stall for a week. On the first day, she made $10. Every day after that, she made $4 more than the previous day. How much money did Penn make after 5 days?


Reasoning and answer: Every day, the sprinkler uses 4 + 6 = 10 liters of water. Hence, it takes the sprinkler system 50 / 10 = 5 days to use 50 liters of water.
The answer: 5
What was the question?
Question: A desert garden’s sprinkler system runs twice a day during the cool morning and evening hours. It waters the garden with four liters of water in the morning and six liters in the evening. How many days does it take the sprinkler system to use 50 liters of water?


Reasoning and answer: There are 60 minutes in an hour so 1 hour 30 minutes is equivalent to [1 + (30 / 60)] hours = 1.5 hours. There are 7 days in a week so he spends 1.5 * 7 = 10.5 hours jogging every week. After 2 weeks he will have spent 2 * 10.5 = 21 hours jogging.
The answer: 21
What was the question?
Question:
Mr. John jogs for 1 hour 30 minutes in the morning every day. How much time (in hours) will he have spent jogging after two weeks?