Jordan and Perry took a boat out to the lake to go fishing on a Monday morning. Jordan caught 4 fish and Perry caught double what Jordan caught. On the way back to shore, the boat tipped over and they lost one-fourth of their total catch. How many fish remain?
Let's be accurate as possible and think first.
9
Since Perry caught double what Jordan caught, Perry caught 2 * 4 = 8 fish.

Altogether, they caught 8 + 4 = 12 fish.

On the way back to the shore, they lost 12 * 1 / 4 = 3 fish.

They have 12 - 3 = 9 fish remaining.

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The answer is 9