A box has 2 dozen water bottles and half a dozen more apple bottles than water bottles. How many bottles are in the box?
Since a dozen has 12 items, the box has 2 dozen water bottles, a total of 2*12=
<gadget id="calculator">2*12</gadget>
<output>24</output>
24 water bottles.
The box also has half a dozen more apple bottles than water bottles, meaning there are 1/2*12= 6 more apple bottles than water bottles.
The total number of apple bottles in the box is 24+6 = 
<gadget id="calculator">24+6</gadget>
<output>30</output>
30.
In the box, there are a total of 30+24 =
<gadget id="calculator">30+24</gadget>
<output>54</output>
54 bottles.

<result>54</result>