Violet has 3 more than twice as many nails as Tickletoe. If Violet has 27 nails, how many nails do they have together?
Thoughts? Step-by-step reasoning:
Violet has 27 - 3 = 24 nails, twice the number of nails that Tickletoe has. Therefore, Tickletoe has 1 / 2 * 24 = 12 nails. Together, Tickletoe and Violet have 12 + 27 = 39 nails.
Thus, the answer is 39.