Michael scored 260 points during his junior year on the school basketball team. He scored 20% more points during his senior year. How many points did he score during both years?
Let's think: In his senior year, Michael scored 260 × 1.20 = 312 points. In both his senior and junior years Michael scored 260 + 312 = 572 points.. The answer is: 572.

Janice gets paid $10 an hour for the first 40 hours she works each week, and $15 each hour of overtime after that. If Janice works 60 hours one week, how much money does she make?
Let's think: Janice makes during her first 40 hours of work $10 / hour * 40 hours = $400. Janice works 60 hours - 40 hours = 20 hours during her overtime. Janice makes from working overtime $15 * 20 = $300. The total she makes a week is $400 + $300 = $700.. The answer is: 700.

Mark wants to build a pyramid of soda cases that's four levels tall. Each level of the pyramid has a square base where each side is one case longer than the level above it. The top level is just one case. How many cases of soda does Mark need?
Let's think: We know that the top level just has one case. Since each level has one more case per side than the level above it, the second level has sides that are 2 cases long. We can figure out how many cases we need for the second level by finding the area of a square with a side length of 2: 2 cases * 2 cases = 4 cases. The third level has three cases per side, so we need to find the area of a square with side length 3: 3 cases * 3 cases = 9 cases. The fourth level has a side length of 4, so we find its area with 4 cases * 4 cases = 16 cases. Finally, we add up the number of cases we need on each level: 1 cases + 4 cases + 9 cases + 16 cases = 30 cases.. The answer is: 30.

Melly's two cats each have litters of kittens at the same time. The first cat has 3 blue-eyed kittens and 7 brown-eyed kittens. The second cat has 4 blue-eyed kittens and 6 brown-eyed kittens. What percentage of all the kittens have blue eyes?
Let's think:
First find the total number of blue - eyed kittens: 3 kittens + 4 kittens = 7 kittens. Then find the total number of brown - eyed kittens: 7 kittens + 6 kittens = 13 kittens. Then add the number of each type of kitten to find the total number of kittens: 7 kittens + 13 kittens = 20 kittens. Then divide the number of blue - eyed kittens by the total number of kittens and multiply by 100% to express the answer as a percentage: 7 kittens / 20 kittens * 100% = 35%.. The answer is: 35.