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I was quite bored yesterday, so I visited my local animal sanctuary.
To pass the time, I counted 612 legs.
This came from an equal number of mice, beetles, and spiders.
Can you work out the total number of animals I counted?
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Answer
102 animals, 34 of each.
Reasoning
As there are the same number of each animal, for every beetle, spider, and mouse counted, there are a total of 18 legs.
612 ÷ 18 = 34 of each animal.
Which gives a total of 34 x 3 = 102 animals.