Question

Jerry has a lot of cousins! He has 5 times as many younger cousins as older cousins.

If Jerry has 12 more younger cousins than older cousins, how many cousins does he have altogether?

Answer 1

18

Explanation:

Divide 12 by 4 and get 3.

If we add 3 to 12(which would be 15), we would get the total amount of younger cousins.

If you divide 15 by 5 (since there are 5x more), you will get 3.

So... there are 3 older cousins...

Now, there are 15 younger cousins and 3 older cousins.

15 + 3 = 18

Therefore, Jerry has 18 cousins altogether.

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