Tom’s rabbit is 8 / 2 = 4 years old. His dog is 4 x 3 = 12 years old.
The answer: 12
Reverse engineering the question: Tom’s cat is 8 years old. His rabbit is half the age of his cat. His dog is three times as old as his rabbit. How old is the dog?


Reasoning and answer: If 30 kids each make 8 cards, they will have made 240 cards because 30 * 8 = 240. Since 1000 - 240 = 760, they need to make 760 more cards.
The answer: 760
What was the question?
Question: Maddy's 4th grade class needs to make 1000 Valentine's Day cards to get a pizza party. There are 30 kids in the class. If everyone makes 8, how many more cards will they need to make to get a pizza party?


We first need to figure out how many of each type of skeleton there are. Since half the 20 skeletons are adult women, that means there are 20 / 2 = 10 adult women's skeletons. The remaining half, 10, is split between adult men and children, meaning there are 10 / 2 = 5 of each. Since an adult woman has 20 bones in their body, this means that the 10 skeletons have 20 * 10 = 200 bones in total. Since an adult man has 5 more bones in their body than an adult woman, this means they have 20 + 5 = 25 bones in their body. There are 5 adult men, meaning there are 25 * 5 = 125 bones in the adult male skeletons in total. Since a child has half as many bones as the 20 in an adult woman, this means the children have 20 / 2 = 10 bones in their body. Since there are 5 children, this means there are 5 * 10 = 50 bones in the children's skeletons in total. Therefore, altogether there are 50 + 125 + 200 = 375 bones in total in the graveyard.
The answer: 375
Reverse engineering the question: In a graveyard, there are 20 skeletons. Half of these skeletons are adult women, and the remaining number are split evenly between adult men and children. If an adult woman has 20 bones in their body, and a male has 5 more than this, and a child has half as many as an adult woman, how many bones are in the graveyard?


Reasoning and answer: He consumed 2500 calories, 5% of which is added sugar to give 2500 * (5 / 100) = 125 calories of added sugar. He exceeded the recommended intake of 150 calories by 100% for a total consumption of 150 + (150(100 / 100)) = $300. This means he took in 300 - 125 = 175 calories from candy alone. Each candy had 25 calories so 175 calories which means he consumed 175 / 25 = 7 bars?.
The answer: 7
What was the question?
Question: It is recommended that men should consume no more than 150 calories of added sugar per day. Mark took a soft drink in the afternoon that contained 2500 calories, 5% of which was from added sugar. Then he bought some bars of candy which had 25 calories of added sugar each. If he eventually exceeded the recommended intake of added sugar by 100%, how many bars of candy did he take?


First find how many tablespoons of water are left after the evaporation: 16 tbs - 4 tbs = 12 tbs. Then multiply this number by 4 to find how much water is in the jug after Janice refills it: 12 tbs * 4 = 48 tbs. Now add the 2 tablespoons of koolaid powder to find the total volume of the liquid in the jug: 48 tbs + 2 tbs = 50 tbs. Now divide the volume of the koolaid powder by the total volume and multiply by 100% to find the percentage of the liquid that's koolaid: 2 tbs / 50 tbs * 100% = 4%.
The answer: 4
Reverse engineering the question: Janice adds 2 tablespoons of koolaid power and 16 tablespoons of water to a jug. She leaves it out long enough for 4 tablespoons of water to evaporate. Then she quadruples the amount of water in the jug. What percentage of the liquid in the jug is koolaid powder?


He buys a plain croissant for $3.50 and an almond croissant for $5.50 for a total of $3.50 + $5.50 = $9.00 on pastries per weekend. In one year, which is 52 weeks, he spends 52 * $9 = $468.00 on pastries.
The answer: 468
Reverse engineering the question:

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Harrison buys a regular croissant on Saturdays for $3.50 and an almond croissant for $5.50 on Sundays. How much does he spend on croissants in a year?