Mason opens the hood of his car and discovers that squirrels have been using his engine compartment to store nuts. If 2 busy squirrels have been stockpiling 30 nuts/day and one sleepy squirrel has been stockpiling 20 nuts/day, all for 40 days, how many nuts are in Mason's car?

First find the number of nuts the two busy squirrels gather per day: 2 squirrels * 30 nuts/day/squirrel =

<<2*30=60>>60 nuts/day Then add the number the sleepy squirrel gathers each day: 60 nuts/day + 20 nuts/day = <<60+20=80>>80 nuts/day Then multiply the number of nuts gathered daily by the number of days to find the total number of nuts gathered: 80 nuts/day * 40 days = <<80*40=3200>>3200 nuts #### 3200 Sandi had $600. She spent half of it at a farmer’s market. Gillian spent $150 more than three times Sandi's total. What is the total that Gillian spent at the farmer’s market? Sandi spent 600/2 = <<600/2=300>>300 dollars at the farmer’s market. Gillian spent 300*3+150 = <<300*3+150=1050>>1050 dollars at the farmer’s market. #### 1050 Troy had 300 straws. He fed 3/5 of the straws to the adult pigs and an equal number of straws to the piglets. If there were 20 piglets, how many straws did each piglet eat? The adult pigs ate 3/5*300 = <<3/5*300=180>>180 straws. The total number of straws that the piglets shared is 300-180 = <<300-180=120>>120 Since there were 20 piglets, each piglet ate 120/20 = <<120/20=6>>6 straws #### 6 Margaux owns a money lending company. Her friend pays her $5 per day, her brother $8 per day, and her cousin $4 per day. How much money will she collect after 7 days? Her friend will pay $5 x 7 = $<<5*7=35>>35 after 7 days. Her brother will pay $8 x 7 = $<<8*7=56>>56 after 7 days. Her cousin will pay $4 x 7 = $<<4*7=28>>28 after 7 days. Therefore, she will be able to collect $35 + $56 + $28 = $<<35+56+28=119>>119 after 7 days. #### 119 Audrey's key lime pie calls for 1/4 cup of key lime juice but she likes to double this amount to make it extra tart. Each key lime yields 1 tablespoon of juice. There are 16 tablespoons in 1 cup. How many key limes does Audrey need? Her recipe calls for 1/4 cup of juice but she wants to double that so she needs 1/4+1/4 = 1/2 cup of lime juice 16 tablespoons are in 1 cup and she only needs 1/2 cup so she needs 16*.5 = <<16*.5=8>>8 tablespoons of juice 1 key lime yields 1 tablespoon of juice and she needs 8 tablespoons so she needs 1*8 = <<1*8=8>>8 key limes #### 8 Sue works in a factory and every 30 minutes, a machine she oversees produces 30 cans of soda. How many cans of soda can one machine produce in 8 hours? Since there are 2 sets of 30 minutes in an hour, then in 8 hours there are 8 x 2 = <<8*2=16>>16 sets of 30 minutes. Hence, a machine that Sue oversees can produce 30 cans x 16 = <<30*16=480>>480 cans of soda in 8 hours. #### 480 The bus started its route. At its first stop, 7 people got on. At the second stop, 3 people got off, and 5 people got on. At the third stop, 2 people got off, and 4 people got on. How many passengers are now on the bus? There are 7 people on the bus after the first stop. There are 7+5-3=<<7+5-3=9>>9 people on the bus after the second stop. There are 9+4-2=<<9+4-2=11>>11 people on the bus after the third stop. 11 passengers are now on the bus. #### 11 A store received 20 pallets of paper products to stock. Half the pallets were paper towels, a quarter were tissues, and a fifth were paper plates. The rest were paper cups. How many pallets of paper cups did the store receive? The store received 20 / 2 = <<20/2=10>>10 pallets of paper towels. They received 20 / 4 = <<20/4=5>>5 pallets of tissues. They received 20 / 5 = <<20/5=4>>4 pallets of paper plates. Thus, the store received 20 - 10 - 5 - 4 = <<20-10-5-4=1>>1 pallet of paper cups. #### 1 John runs a telethon to raise money. For the first 12 hours, he generates $5000 per hour. The remaining 14 hours, he generates 20% more per hour. How much total money does he make? He gets 12*5000=$<<12*5000=60000>>60000 for the first 12 hours For the next 14 hours, he gets 5000*.2=$<<5000*.2=1000>>1000 more per hour So he gets 5000+1000=$<<5000+1000=6000>>6000 per hour So he gets 6000*14=$<<6000*14=84000>>84000 So in total, he makes 84000+60000=$<<84000+60000=144000>>144,000 #### 144000 In a compound, the number of cats is 20% less than the number of dogs. There are also twice as many frogs as the number of dogs in the compound. Calculate the total number of animals present in the compound if there are 160 frogs. There are twice as many frogs as dogs in the compound, meaning there are 160/2 = <<160/2=80>>80 dogs. The total number of frogs and dogs in the compound is 80+160 = <<80+160=240>>240 The number of cats is less than 20% of the number of dogs, which means there are 20/100*80 = <<20/100*80=16>>16 dogs more than the number of cats. Therefore, the number of cats is 80-16 = <<80-16=64>>64 cats The total number of animals in the compound is 64 cats +240 dogs and frogs = <<64+240=304>>304 animals. #### 304