You need to answer a given question containing a blank (_). Your answer must be one of the two objects mentioned in the question, for example "trophy" and "suitcase". Your answer must not contain a word that is not present in the question. Please don't use articles (e.g., the, a) before the answer.

They were going to use some different numerals instead of regular numbers, since the _ were strange.
numerals

Jenna kept a list of her accomplishments and tried to grow her contact list in her career, but she found the _ to be more helpful concretely.
list

The cat was harder to take care of than the parrot because the _ ate more food.

cat