In a basketball game, Jon scored 3 points. Jack scored 5 points more than Jon, and Tom scored 4 less than the points of Jon and Jack together. How many points did they score altogether?
Thoughts? Step-by-step reasoning:
Jack scored 3 + 5 = 8 points. Together, Jon and Jack scored 8 + 3 = 11 points. So, Tom scored 11 - 4 = 7 points. Thus, Jon, Jack, and Tom scored a total of 3 + 8 + 7 = 18 points.
Thus, the answer is 18.