A mother duck as 8 ducklings. The first 3 ducklings find 5 snails each. Another 3 ducklings find 9 snails each, and the remaining ducklings each find half the number of snails that mother duck finds. If mother duck finds tree times the total number of snails as the first 2 groups of ducklings, how many snails does the family of ducks have collectively?
The first 3 ducklings find 3 x 5 = 
<gadget id="calculator">3*5</gadget>
<output>15</output>
15 snails.
The next 3 ducklings find 3 x 9 = 
<gadget id="calculator">3*9</gadget>
<output>27</output>
27 snails.
They find a total of 15 + 27 = 
<gadget id="calculator">15+27</gadget>
<output>42</output>
42 snails.
Mother duck finds 42 x 3 = 
<gadget id="calculator">42*3</gadget>
<output>126</output>
126 snails.
The last group has 8 - 3 - 3 = 
<gadget id="calculator">8-3-3</gadget>
<output>2</output>
2 ducklings.
They find 126/2 = 
<gadget id="calculator">126/2</gadget>
<output>63</output>
63 snails each.
The family of ducks found a total of 42 +126 + 63 + 63 = 
<gadget id="calculator">42+126+63+63</gadget>
<output>294</output>
294 snails.

<result>294</result>