Jack is making flower crowns out of red, pink and white daisies. There are nine times as many pink daisies as white daisies and three less than four times as many red daisies as pink daisies. If there are 6 white daisies, how many daisies are there total?
Thoughts? Step-by-step reasoning:
First find the total number of pink daisies: 9 * 6 daisies = 54 daisies. Then multiply that number by 4: 54 daisies * 4 = 216 daisies. Then subtract 3 to find the total number of red daisies: 216 daisies - 3 daisies = 213 daisies. Then add the number of each color of daisies to find the total number: 54 daisies + 213 daisies + 6 daisies = 273 daisies.
Thus, the answer is 273.