Question

Beth has hamsters at her house. the number of hamsters is equal to the sum of the number of birds at kristins house and the number dogs at wendis house. john has the same number of cats as wendi has of dogs. if these four children have a total of 12 pets, how many pets are at each house?
I don't know how to solve this problem.

Answer 1

You take 12 divided by 4 and you get 3
So there should be 3 pets at each house