There are 6 forks in the cutlery drawer. There are 9 more knives than forks, and there are twice as many spoons as knives and half as many teaspoons as forks. After 2 of each cutlery is added to the drawer, how many pieces of cutlery are there in all?
Let’s work this out in a step by step way to be sure we have the right answer.
62
There are 6 + 9 = 15 knives.

There are 15 x 2 = 30 spoons.

There are 6 / 2 = 3 teaspoons.

There are 6 + 15 + 30 + 3 = 54 pieces before adding more cutlery.

2 of each 4 types of cutlery are added, and therefore 2 x 4 = 8 pieces added.

In total there are 54 + 8 = 62 pieces of cutlery in the drawer.

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The final answer: 62