Reasoning and answer: Sonny gave 12 + 9 + 7 = 28 boxes of cookies. Therefore, he was left with 45 - 28 = 17 boxes of cookies.
The answer: 17
What was the question?
Question: Sonny received 45 boxes of cookies from his friend yesterday. He gave 12 to his brother, 9 to his sister, and he gave 7 to his cousin. How many boxes of cookies were left for him?


First find Anna's total earnings from the plain lemonade: 36 glasses * $0.75 / glass = $27. Then subtract her earnings from the strawberry lemonade to find the difference: $27 - $16 = $11.
The answer: 11
Reverse engineering the question: Anna sold 36 glasses of plain lemonade for $0.75 each. If she made $16 total from selling strawberry lemonade, how much more did she make from plain lemonade than strawberry?


Reasoning and answer: The application fee is $25.00 per college and she is applying to 6 colleges so that's 25 * 6 = $150.00. She makes $10.00 an hour babysitting. Her application fees total $150.00 so she needs to work 150 / 10 = 15 hours to cover the cost.
The answer: 15
What was the question?
Question: Linda makes $10.00 an hour babysitting. There is a $25.00 application fee for each college application she submits. If she is applying to 6 colleges, how many hours will she need to babysit to cover the application fees?


Two daughters planted 5 * 2 = 10 flowers. The flowers grew into 10 + 20 = 30 total. 30 - 10 = 20 flowers were left after 10 died. The daughters put 20 / 5 = 4 flowers in each basket.
The answer: 4
Reverse engineering the question: Dane’s two daughters need to plant 5 flowers each to grow a garden. As the days passed, the flowers grew into 20 more but 10 of them died. Dane’s daughters harvested the flowers and split them between 5 different baskets. How many flowers ended up in each basket?


Reasoning and answer: He collected 4 + 3 + 2 + 2 eggs for a total of 11 eggs. He dropped 2 eggs so 11 - 2 = 9 eggs left.
The answer: 9
What was the question?
Question: It was Trevor's job to collect fresh eggs from the family's 4 chickens every morning.  He got 4 eggs from Gertrude and 3 eggs from Blanche. Nancy laid 2 eggs as did Martha. On the way, he dropped 2 eggs. How many eggs did Trevor have left?


Reasoning and answer: Catherine gave eight pens to each of her seven friends, a total of 8 * 7 = 56 pens. She remained with 60 - 56 = 4 pens. When she also gave 6 pencils to each of her seven friends, she gave away 6 * 7 = 42 pencils. Since she had the same number of pencils as pens, she remained with 60 - 42 = 18 pencils. The total number of pens and pencils that Catherine remained with is 4 + 18 = 22.
The answer: 22
What was the question?
Question:
Catherine had an equal number of pencils and pens. If she had 60 pens and gave eight pens and 6 pencils to each of her seven friends and kept the rest for herself, how many pens and pencils did she have left?