His favorite player scored 150 total points that week because 30 plus 28 plus 32 plus 34 plus 26 equals 150. He averaged 30 points a game because 150 divided by 5 equals 30. He gets paid $10,000 because that's how much he gets if he averages 30 or more points that week.
The answer: 10000
Reverse engineering the question: James's favorite basketball player got paid based on how many points he averaged each week. He gets $10,000 if he averages 30 or more points a game and $8,000 if he averages under 30 points a game. For his last week, in the first game he scored 30 points and in the second game he scored 28 points. In the third game he scored 32 points. In the fourth game he scored 34 points and in the fifth game he scored 26 points. How much does he get paid for the week?


Reasoning and answer: Ben's spending for the kitchen is $1496 x 1 / 22 = $68. Ben's spending for holidays is $1496 x 1 / 4 = $374. Ben's spending for children's gifts is $1496 x 1 / 8 = $187. The total amount spent is $68 + $374 + $187 = $629. So, Ben still has $1496 - $629 = $867 left.
The answer: 867
What was the question?
Question: Ben will receive a bonus of $1496. He chooses to allocate this amount as follows: 1/22 for the kitchen, 1/4 for holidays and 1/8 for Christmas gifts for his 3 children. How much money will he still have left after these expenses?


When Alice invested her money in the stock market, her money doubled to $2000 * 2 = $4000. Bob, after investing in real estate, increased his money by 2000 * 5 = 10000. The total amount of money that Bob made after investing in real estate is $10000 + $2000 = $12000. Bob made $12000 - $4000 = $8000 more than Alice after investing his money.
The answer: 8000
Reverse engineering the question: Alice and Bob are each given $2000 to invest. Alice puts all of her money in the stock market and doubles her money. Bob invests in real estate and makes five times more money than he invested. How much more money does Bob have now than Alice?


Reasoning and answer: Hector gave to Alisha twice as many as he had given Todd, for a total of 4 * 2 = 8 gumballs,. Hector gave 5 less than four times as many to Bobby as he had given to Alisha, or a total of (8 * 4) - 5 = 27 gumballs. If Hector had 6 gumballs remaining, he originally purchased 4 + 8 + 27 + 6 = 45 gumballs.
The answer: 45
What was the question?
Question: Hector purchased a container of gumballs. He gave 4 to Todd, then he gave twice as many as he had given Todd to Alisha, and then he gave 5 less than four times as many to Bobby as he had given to Alisha. If Hector had 6 gumballs remaining, what is the total number of gumballs that Hector purchased?


First, we need to determine how many feet Ian runs in a week. We begin this by multiplying the number of laps by the number of feet per lap, performing 5 * 100 = 500 feet per day. Since there are 5 days in the period being measured, this means Ian runs 500 * 5 = 2500 feet jogged. Since it takes 25 feet of jogging to burn a calorie, this means Ian burns 2500 / 25 = 100 calories burned jogging throughout the week.
The answer: 100
Reverse engineering the question: Ian is looking to lose some weight. He decides to start jogging around his apartment complex every night to burn some calories. He does 5 laps around the complex every night. Each lap is 100 feet. If it takes 25 feet of jogging to burn a calorie, how many calories does Ian burn after 5 days of jogging like this?


The family ate 16 x 3 / 4 = 12 slices. So, there were 16 - 12 = 4 slices of pizza left.
The answer: 4
Reverse engineering the question:

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A family bought 1 box of pizza that is cut into 16 slices. Only three-fourths of the pizza was eaten by the family. How many slices of pizza were left?