Answer this question:Nina enjoys keeping insects as pets. She has 3 spiders and 50 ants. Each spider has 8 eyes. Each ant has 2 eyes. How many eyes are there in total among Nina’s pet insects?
The number of eyes from the spiders is 3 * 8 = 24 eyes. The number of eyes from the ants is 50 * 2 = 100 eyes. The total number of eyes among Nina’s insects is 24 + 100 = 124 eyes.
The answer is 124.

Answer this question:The bald eagle can dive at a speed of 100 miles per hour, while the peregrine falcon can dive at a speed of twice that of the bald eagle.  Starting from the same treetop, if it takes the bald eagle 30 seconds to dive to the ground, how long, in seconds, will it take the peregrine falcon to dive the same distance?
Twice the speed of the bald eagle is 100 * 2 = 200 miles per hour. Let "x" be the time in seconds it takes the peregrine falcon to travel to the ground. Thus, based on the ratio of their speeds, the following expression is given: x = 30 * (100 / 200). Thus, x = 15 seconds.
The answer is 15.

Answer this question:Jill and her brother Jack are going apple picking. Jill's basket can hold twice as much as Jack's basket when both are full. Jack's basket is full when it has 12 apples, but currently space for 4 more. How many times could Jack's current number of apples fit into Jill's basket?
Since Jill's basket can hold twice as much as Jack's, and Jack's is capable of holding 12 apples in total, this means Jill's basket can hold 12 * 2 = 24 apples in total. Since Jack has 4 less than the maximum amount of apples he can fit in his basket, this means Jack has 12 - 4 = 8 apples in his basket. Therefore, Jill's basket can hold 24 / 8 = 3 times the amount of apples Jack is currently carrying.
The answer is 3.

Answer this question:A mother is making her own bubble mix out of dish soap and water for her two-year-old son. The recipe she is following calls for 3 tablespoons of soap for every 1 cup of water. If the container she hopes to store the bubble mix in can hold 40 ounces of liquid, and there are 8 ounces in a cup of water, how many tablespoons of soap should she add to the container (assuming that the soap itself doesn't count towards the capacity of the container)?
The 40 - ounce container can hold 40 / 8 = 5 cups of water. This means that 5 * 3 = 15 tablespoons of soap should be used, since each cup of water requires 3 tablespoons of soap.
The answer is 15.