Answer this question: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 = 60 nuts / day. Then add the number the sleepy squirrel gathers each day: 60 nuts / day + 20 nuts / day = 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 = 3200 nuts.
The answer is 3200.

Answer this question:A single kabob stick has 4 cubes of beef. A slab of beef that costs $25 can be cut into 80 cubes. How much must Simon spend to make 40 kabob sticks?
One slab of beef can make 80 / 4 = 20 kabob sticks. To make 40 kabob sticks, Simon needs 40 / 20 = 2 slabs of beef. Simon must spend $25 x 2 = $50.
The answer is 50.

Answer this question:A typical tournament of tennis has 4 rounds. There are 8 games in the first round, 4 in the second round, 2 in the third round and 1 during the finals. If each game requires new tennis balls, and on average each game uses 5 cans of tennis balls, how many tennis balls in total are used at the end of the tournament if each can has 3 tennis balls?
There are a total of 8 + 4 + 2 + 1 = 15 games of tennis in a typical tournament. If 1 game uses 5 cans of tennis balls, then 15 games would use 15 * 5 = 75 cans of tennis balls. If 1 can of tennis balls has 3 balls, then 75 cans would have 225 balls.
The answer is 225.

Answer this question:Lagoon island is populated by alligators. Half the alligators are male. The rest are female. Among the females, 40% are juveniles. There are 15 adult females. How many male alligators are there?
60% of female alligators are adults because 100 - 40 = 60. There are 25 female alligators because 15 / .6 = 25. There are 50 alligators in total because 25 / .5 = 50. There are 25 male alligators because 50 / 2 = 25.
The answer is 25.