Answer:
3 is the correct answer (see explanations for each possible choice)
Step-by-step explanation:
1 cannot be right because 3 times smaller than 9 would be 3 as 1/3*9=3
2 cannot be right because 3 less than 9 is 9-3=6
3 is right because 3 times as much as 9 is 9*3=27
4 cannot be right because 3 more than 9 is 3+9=12
Step-by-step explanation:
First we eliminate any answers that can't be the answer.
2) can be eliminated because it implies subtraction instead of multiplication. Same with 4).
Now it is narrowed down to 1) and 3).
1) it is 3 times smaller than 9
3) it is 3 times as much as 9
It is not 1). The keywords 'times smaller' implies division.
So the answer is 3).
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