Jordan and Perry took a boat out to the lake to go fishing on a Monday morning. Jordan caught 4 fish and Perry caught double what Jordan caught. On the way back to shore, the boat tipped over and they lost one-fourth of their total catch. How many fish remain? Let's be accurate as possible.
Since Perry caught double what Jordan caught, Perry caught 2 * 4 = 8 fish. Altogether, they caught 8 + 4 = 12 fish. On the way back to the shore, they lost 12 * 1 / 4 = 3 fish. They have 12 - 3 = 9 fish remaining.
The answer: 9.