SOLUTION: Jonah makes 3 times more baskets than Maddie. They make 16 baskets in total. How many baskets did Maddie make?

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Question 1136686: Jonah makes 3 times more baskets than Maddie. They make 16 baskets in total. How many baskets did Maddie make?
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Jonah makes 3 times more baskets than Maddie. They make 16 baskets in total. How many baskets did Maddie make?
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To make your English adequate, please MEMORIZE:

    "3 times more than . . . " in English means  "4 times as much as . . . "  //  (in distinction from many other languages . . . )


If to interpret your post literally, as English does require it, the problem becomes DEFECTIVE.