Simon, Gerry, and Micky want to have a race with handmade miniature rafts. Simon's raft needs 36 sticks, Gerry's raft needs two-thirds of the number of sticks that Simon needs, and Micky's raft needs 9 sticks more than Simon and Gerry's rafts combined. How many sticks do the three boys need to collect in total?
Let's think: Gerry's raft needs (36 / 3) x 2 = 12 x 2 = 24 sticks. Simon and Gerry's rafts need 36 + 24 = 60 sticks. Micky's raft needs 60 + 9 = 69 sticks. The boys need to collect 60 + 69 = 129 sticks in total.. The answer is: 129.

A bakery sells boxes of doughnuts and if there are any doughnuts left at the end of the day, the bakery gives them away. Each box of doughnuts holds 10 doughnuts and all of the doughnuts that the bakery makes are put into these boxes. The bakery makes 300 doughnuts for the day and sells 27 boxes of doughnuts throughout the day. How many doughnuts are given away at the end of the day?
Let's think: The bakery has made 300 total doughnuts / 10 doughnuts per box = 30 boxes of doughnuts. So at the end of the day, they still have 30 total boxes of doughnuts – 27 sold boxes of doughnuts = 3 boxes of doughnuts leftover. They are therefore giving away 3 boxes of doughnuts * 10 doughnuts per box = 30 doughnuts.. The answer is: 30.

Ms. Alice can grade 296 papers in 8 hours. How many papers can she grade in 11 hours?
Let's think: First you must recognize that the problem involves finding the rate of how fast Ms. Alice can grade papers. To find how many papers she can grade in 11 hours, it would be useful to first find out how many papers she can grade in one hour. To do so, divide 296 papers by 8 hours, 296 / 8, to get 37. Therefore, Ms. Alice can grade 37 papers in one hour. To find out how many papers she can grade in 11 hours, multiply the number of papers she can grade in one hour by 11. 37 * 11 gives you 407. Ms. Alice can grade 407 papers in 11 hours.. The answer is: 407.

Kira is making breakfast for herself. She fries 3 sausages then scrambles 6 eggs and cooks each item of food separately. If it takes 5 minutes to fry each sausage and 4 minutes to scramble each egg then how long, in minutes, did it take for Kira to make her breakfast?
Let's think:
The sausages take 5 minutes per sausage * 3 sausages = 15 minutes to cook. The eggs take 4 minutes per egg * 6 eggs = 24 minutes to cook. So in total, it takes 15 minutes for sausages + 24 minutes for eggs = 39 minutes to cook breakfast.. The answer is: 39.