Reasoning and answer: He got 2 * 12 = 24 cookies. So he has 24 - 3 = 21 cookies left.
The answer: 21
What was the question?
Question: John buys 2 dozen cookies. He eats 3. How many cookies does he have left?


He spent $7 on cereal because 2 x 3.5 = 7. He spent $1 on bananas because 4 x .25 = 1. He spent $2 on apples because 4 x .5 = 2. He spent 13 on everything but the cookies because 3 + 7 + 1 + 2 = 13. He spent $12 on cookies because 25 - 13 = 12. Each box of cookies is $6 because 3 x 2 = 6. He bought 2 boxes of cookies because 12 / 6 = 2.
The answer: 2
Reverse engineering the question: Steve bought $25 worth of groceries. He bought a gallon of milk for $3, two boxes of cereal for $3.5 each, 4 bananas for $.25 each, four apples that cost $.5 each and a number of boxes of cookies. The cookies cost twice as much per box as the gallon of milk. How many boxes of cookies did he get?


Reasoning and answer: She uses 2 pencils a day because 10 / 5 = 2. She will use 90 pencils in 45 days because 2 x 45 = 90. She will need 3 packs of pencils because 90 / 30 = 3. She will spend $12 because 3 x 4 = 12.
The answer: 12
What was the question?
Question: Judy uses 10 pencils during her 5 day school week. A 30 pack of pencils costs $4. How much will she spend on pencils over 45 days?


There are 5 ladies total in the group. They all walk 3 miles a day for 6 days so 3 * 6 = 18 miles. Jamie walks an additional 2 miles per day for 6 days so 2 * 6 = 12 miles. Sue walks half the distance of Jamie so 12 / 2 = 6 miles. Together, the ladies walk 18 + 12 + 6 = 36 miles.
The answer: 36
Reverse engineering the question: Jamie is in a walking group with 4 other ladies. The ladies all walk 3 miles together. On top of that, Jamie walks an additional 2 miles per day for 6 days while her friend Sue walks half that amount in 6 days. If they walk this same route 6 days a week, how many miles do the ladies walk in total?


Reasoning and answer: 54 * 2 = $108 is the price of 2 pairs of pants. 4 * 33 = $132 is the price of 4 shirts. 108 + 132 = $240 is the total price. So the cashier gave 250 - 240 = $10 change to Laura.
The answer: 10
What was the question?
Question: Laura bought 2 pairs of pants for $54 each and 4 shirts for $33 each. She gave $250 to the cashier. So how much change did she take?


Reasoning and answer: Matthew picked 16 + 20 = 36 strawberries. Natalie picked 36 / 2 = 18 strawberries. All together, they have 16 + 36 + 18 = 70 strawberries. They can make 70 / 7 = 10 jars of strawberries. They earn 10 x $4 = $40 from the strawberries they picked.
The answer: 40
What was the question?
Question:
Betty picked 16 strawberries. Matthew picked 20 more strawberries than Betty and twice as many as Natalie. They used their strawberries to make jam. One jar of jam used 7 strawberries and they sold each jar at $4. How much money were they able to make from the strawberries they picked?