In scalar context it evaluates its left argument, throws that value away, then evaluates its right argument and returns that value.

To get your expected output, you have to create an array:

sub find_chores {
   return my @arr = (8, 456, 310);
}
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or, if you don't want to name it:

sub find_chores {
   return @{ [ 8, 456, 310 ] }
}
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Update: there are more than two ways how to create an array:

sub find_chores {
   return map $_, 8, 456, 310;
}
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($q=q:Sq=~/;[c](.)(.)/;chr(-||-|5+lengthSq)`"S|oS2"`map{chr |+ord
}map{substrSq`S_+|`|}3E|-|`7**2-3:)=~y+S|`+$1,++print+eval$q,q,a,
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