Billy is breeding mice for an experiment. He starts with 8 mice, who each have 6 pups. When the pups grow up, all the mice have another 6 pups. Then each adult mouse eats 2 of their pups due to the stress of overcrowding. How many mice are left?
First find the number of pups in the first generation: 8 mice * 6 pups/mouse = 
<gadget id="calculator">8*6</gadget>
<output>48</output>
48 pups.
Then add the number of adult mice to find the total number of mice: 48 pups + 8 mice = 
<gadget id="calculator">48+8</gadget>
<output>56</output>
56 mice.
Then find the number of pups per mouse that survive from the second generation: 6 pups/mouse - 2 pups/mouse = 
<gadget id="calculator">6-2</gadget>
<output>4</output>
4 pups/mouse.
Then multiply that number by the number of adult mice to find the number of pups in the second generation: 56 mice * 4 pups/mouse = 
<gadget id="calculator">56*4</gadget>
<output>224</output>
224 mice.
Then add the number of adult mice to the number of second-generation pups to find the total number of mice: 224 mice + 56 mice = 
<gadget id="calculator">224+56</gadget>
<output>280</output>
280 mice.

<result>280</result>