A small sunflower has 3 dozen seeds and a large sunflower has 50% more seeds than a small sunflower.  How many sunflower seeds are there altogether?
The small sunflower has 3 x 12 = 
<gadget id="calculator">3*12</gadget>
<output>36</output>
36 seeds.
The large sunflower has 36 x 50% = 
<gadget id="calculator">36*50*.01</gadget>
<output>18</output>
18 more seeds than the small sunflower.
The large sunflower has 36 + 18 = 
<gadget id="calculator">36+18</gadget>
<output>54</output>
54 seeds.
Together, the two sunflowers have a total of 36 + 54 = 
<gadget id="calculator">36+54</gadget>
<output>90</output>
90 seeds.

<result>90</result>