Marcus has three times as many cheese crackers as Mona. Nicholas has 6 more crackers than Mona. If Marcus has 27 crackers, how many crackers does Nicholas have?
Reason slowly and give your answer.
15
Mona has 27 / 3 = 9 cheese crackers.

Nicholas has 9 + 6 = 15 cheese crackers.

.

So, the final answer is 15