Jessie won 3 times as many athletic awards as his buddy Scott, who won 4 awards. The best athlete at the rival high school won twice as many awards as Jessie. How many awards did the rival win?
Reason slowly and give your answer.
24
Jessie won 3 times the amount of the 4 awards that Scott won so he won 3 * 4 = 12 awards.

The rival athlete won twice the awards as Jessie, who won 12 so he won 2 * 12 = 24 awards.

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The answer is 24