Real-Life Math
You're a conservation officer working at a state park. Part of your job entails catching spotlighters on park property. Spotlighters are people who kill deer, raccoons, beavers and other animals to sell them for their skins. Since the sale of wild animal products is illegal, they hunt at night using bright lights on their vehicles to spot the animals.
It's 2 a.m. You and another officer are patrolling an area of the park for a group of spotlighters reported by a scouting plane. Finally, you reach the place where the spotlighters are hunting. There are two trucks parked on the dirt road at the edge of the park. From behind the trees, you yell at the hunters to drop their weapons. They do, and you proceed cautiously into open ground.
"OK," you say to the poachers. "Looks like we have a number of violations here." You walk past the row of 6 hunters to their trucks. Unfortunately, these hunters have already had a busy night -- they've killed 3 raccoons and 2 deer. You wish you had arrived earlier, but at least you're in time to ensure these poachers pay for their crime. Now, all you have to do is tally up the fine.
When issuing citations, you have to calculate the offenses plus the cost of the loss of the value of the animals to the government. A spotlighting offense is a $150 citation per person and shooting from the road is a $50 offense. If a deer is valued at $800 and a raccoon is valued at $350, what will the total of the fine for these illegal hunters be?
Remember, you're out in the middle of the woods, so you don't have a calculator. Add this fine up as quickly and accurately as possible in your head.