Jeff decides to install more cabinets in his kitchen. He currently has 3 cabinets over one counter and no other cabinets. He installs twice as many cabinets over 3 different counters each. He then installs 5 more cabinets. How many total cabinets does he have?
Thoughts? Step-by-step reasoning:
He installs 3 * 2 = 6 cabinets over each counter. So he installs 6 * 3 = 18 cabinets over counters. That means he installed a total of 18 + 5 = 23 cabinets. So he has 23 + 3 = 26 cabinets.
Thus, the answer is 26.