Every hour past noon shadows from a building stretch an extra 5 feet, starting at zero at noon. How long are the shadows from the building 6 hours past noon in inches? Give the rationale and then the answer.
Let's think step by step. If the shadows lengthen by 5 feet per hour, this means that in 6 hours the shadows would have lengthened from zero to 5 * 6 = 30 feet. Since there are 12 inches in every foot, this means the building's shadow would be 30 * 12 = 360 inches in length.. The answer is: 360.

Each bird eats 12 beetles per day, each snake eats 3 birds per day, and each jaguar eats 5 snakes per day. If there are 6 jaguars in a forest, how many beetles are eaten each day? Give the rationale and then the answer.
Let's think step by step. First find the total number of snakes eaten: 5 snakes / jaguar * 6 jaguars = 30 snakes. Then find the total number of birds eaten per day: 30 snakes * 3 birds / snake = 90 snakes. Then multiply the number of snakes by the number of beetles per snake to find the total number of beetles eaten per day: 90 snakes * 12 beetles / snake = 1080 beetles.. The answer is: 1080.

There are 6 boxes of crayons that hold 8 orange crayons. There are 7 boxes of crayons that have 5 blue crayons. There is 1 box of 11 red crayons. How many crayons are there in total? Give the rationale and then the answer.
Let's think step by step. 6 * 8 = 48 orange crayons. 7 * 5 = 35 blue crayons. 11 red crayons. 48 + 35 + 11 = 94. There are a total of 94 crayons.. The answer is: 94.