Reasoning and answer: Bobbie has 18 * 3 = 54 crayons. Lizzie has 54 / 2 = 27 crayons.
The answer: 27
What was the question?
Question: Lizzie has half as many crayons as Bobbie. Bobbie has three times as many crayons as Billie. If Billie has 18 crayons, how many crayons does Lizzie have?


The two heavy washes will use 20 * 2 = 40 gallons of water. The three regular washes will use 10 * 3 = 30 gallons of water. The light wash will use 2 * 1 = 2 gallons of water. The two bleached loads will use an extra 2 * 2 = 4 gallons of water. In all, 40 + 30 + 2 + 4 = 76 gallons of water will be needed.
The answer: 76
Reverse engineering the question: A washing machine uses 20 gallons of water for a heavy wash, 10 gallons of water for a regular wash, and 2 gallons of water for a light wash per load of laundry. If bleach is used, there is an extra light wash cycle added to rinse the laundry thoroughly. There are two heavy washes, three regular washes, and one light wash to do. Two of the loads need to be bleached. How many gallons of water will be needed?


Reasoning and answer: The total ratio representing the 500 cards is 11 + 9 = 20. The fraction of the total ratio that represents the number of cards that Ellis got is 11 / 20, and since there were 500 cards, Ellis got 11 / 20 * 500 = 275. If there were 500 cards, and Ellis received 275 cards, Orion received 500 - 275 = 225 cards. The number of cards that Ellis received more than Orion is 275 - 225 = 50 cards.
The answer: 50
What was the question?
Question: The number of cards in a card game was 500. Two friends Ellis and Orion, playing together, divided the cards in the ratio of 11:9. How many more cards did Ellis get than Orion?


Mia spent a total of $30 per siblings * 3 siblings = $90 on her siblings. She therefore spent $150 total spending - $90 spending on her siblings = $60 on her parents. As each parent received an equal amount, each parent’s gift cost $60 total spending on parents / 2 = $30.
The answer: 30
Reverse engineering the question: Mia is buying Christmas gifts for her family. She has spent $30 on each of her 3 siblings, and the rest of her spending was for her parents. If Mia spent a total of $150 on Christmas gifts and each of her parents received gifts of equal value, how much money, in dollars, did she spend on each parent’s gift?


Reasoning and answer: Rose cooked 10 x 9 / 10 = 9 kilograms of rice in the morning. She had 10 - 9 = 1 kilogram of rice left then. One kilogram is equal to 1 x 1000 = 1000 grams. So, Rose cooked 1000 x 1 / 4 = 250 grams of rice in the evening. Therefore, she has 1000 - 250 = 750 grams of rice left.
The answer: 750
What was the question?
Question: Rose had 10 kilograms of rice. She cooked 9/10 kilograms in the morning and 1/4 of the remaining in the evening. How many grams of rice did she have left?


Reasoning and answer: Santo = (1 / 2) 1956 = $978. 1956 + 978 = $2934. Together Salvadore and Santo earned $2934.
The answer: 2934
What was the question?
Question:

Show your work and conclude with the exact phrasing "Therefore, the final answer is [answer]." where [answer] is just the final number or expression that solves the problem.
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Salvadore earned $1956. Santo earned half of what Salvadore earned. How much money did the two men earn together?