Reasoning and answer: The supplies for every student will cost 5 + 2 + 1 = $8. The supplies for the whole class will cost 8 * 23 = $184 in total.
The answer: 184
What was the question?
Question: A teacher has to order supplies for his class to do a science project. Each student needs a bow, a small bottle of vinegar and a box of baking soda. Bows are $5 each, a bottle of vinegar is $2 and a box of baking soda is $1. The teacher has 23 students in this class. How much will the supplies cost?


Bess throws the Frisbee out 4 times * 20 meters each time = 80 meters. She then throws it back which doubles the distance traveled to 80 meters * 2 = 160 meters. Holly throws the Frisbee out 5 times * 8 meters = 40 meters. So in total, Holly and Bess have thrown the Frisbees 160 + 40 = 200 meters.
The answer: 200
Reverse engineering the question: Bess and Holly are playing Frisbee at the park. Bess can throw the Frisbee as far as 20 meters and she does this 4 times. Holly can only throw the Frisbee as far as 8 meters and she does this 5 times. Each time Bess throws a Frisbee, she throws it back to her original position. Holly leaves her Frisbee where it lands every time she throws it. In total, how many meters have the thrown Frisbees traveled?


Reasoning and answer: Between Shop A and Shop B he buys 150 bottles + 180 bottles = 330 bottles. Thus he can buy 550 bottles - 330 bottles = 220 bottles from shop C.
The answer: 220
What was the question?
Question: Don buys recyclable bottles in a small town. Shop A normally sells him 150 bottles, shop B sells him 180 bottles and Shop C sells him the rest. How many bottles does Don buy from Shop C if he is capable of buying only 550 bottles?


Roy has 2 x 2 = 4 black pens. Twice the number of black pens is 4 x 2 = 8. So, there are 8 - 2 = 6 red pens. Therefore, Roy has 2 + 6 + 4 = 12 pens in all.
The answer: 12
Reverse engineering the question: Roy has 2 blue pens. He has twice as many black and 2 less than twice as many red than black pens. How many pens does Roy have in all?


Reasoning and answer: First find the number of schools Mandy applied to: 42 med schools / 3 = 14 med schools. Then divide that number by 2 to find the number of schools where she was accepted: 14 med schools / 2 = 7 med schools.
The answer: 7
What was the question?
Question: Mandy researched 42 med schools. She applied to 1/3 of the schools she researched and got into half of the schools where she applied. How many schools was Mandy accepted to?


Reasoning and answer: The number of students in elementary school is three less than four times the number in middle school: 4 * 50 students = 200 students. This means that there are 200 students - 3 students = 197 students in Elementary school. The total number of students in both levels is 197 students + 50 students = 247 students.
The answer: 247
What was the question?
Question:
There is three less than four times the number of students in Elementary School as there are in Middle School. If the number of students in Middle school is 50, calculate the total number of students in both levels.