Question: On the planet Popton, there are two races of beings: the Hoopits and Neglarts. Each Hoopit has 3 toes on each of their 4 hands, while each Neglart only has 2 toes on each of their 5 hands. If a Popton automated driverless school bus always carries 7 Hoopit students and 8 Neglart students, how many toes are on the Popton school bus?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: Each Hoopit has 4 hands, each with 3 toes, for a total of 4 * 3 = 12 toes. Each Neglart has 5 hands, each with 2 toes, for a total of 5 * 2 = 10 toes. Each school bus has 7 Hoopit students, for a total of 7 * 12 = 84 Hoopit toes. Each school bus also carries 8 Neglart students, for a total of 8 * 10 = 80 Neglart toes. Thus, the total number of toes on a bus carrying 7 Hoopit students and 8 Neglart students would be 84 + 80 = 164 toes.
So the answer is 164.


Question: Mona bikes 30 miles each week to stay fit. This week, she biked on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. On Wednesday, she biked 12 miles. On Saturday, she biked twice as far as on Monday. How many miles did she bike on Monday?
Answer with step-by-step thinking: Let M be the number of miles Mona biked on Monday. Thus, Mona biked 2M miles on Saturday. In all, Mona biked M + 2M + 12 = 30 miles. Thus, on Monday and Saturday, she biked M + 2M = 3M = 30 - 12 = 18 miles. Therefore, on Monday, Mona biked M = 18 / 3 = 6 miles.
So the answer is 6.


Question: If one Burmese python can eat one 50-cm alligator per week, how many Burmese pythons would it take to eat fifteen 50-centimeter alligators in three weeks?
Answer with step-by-step thinking:
15 alligators eaten over a period of 3 weeks is a rate of 15 / 3 = 5 alligators per week. Under the normal rate of 1 alligator per week per python, it would take 5 / 1 = 5 pythons to eat 15 alligators in 3 weeks.
So the answer is 5.