Lizzy: Hilary is shucking corn from ears that grew on her farm. She gets four ears of corn per stalk, and she has 108 stalks growing. Half the ears of corn have 500 kernels of corn and the other half have 100 more. How many kernels of corn does Hilary have to shuck?.
Me: Hmmm, let me think. I think this is the detailed solution:
She has 108 * 4 = 432 ears of corn to shuck. She gets 500 kernels of corn from half the ears and 500 + 100 = 600 kernels from the other half. Half the number of ears of corn is 432 / 2 = 216 ears. Thus, Hilary has 216 * 500 + 216 * 600 = 108000 + 129600 = 237600 kernels to shuck. Final answer: 237600.