Josiah has 3 packs of toy animals. eac pack has the same number of animals. josiah gives 6 animals to his sister stephanie. then josiah has 9 animals left. how many animals were in each pack?

To determine the number of animals in each pack, we need to understand each statement in the problem since these are key to obtaining the correct answer.

number of packs = 3

number of animals given to sister = 6

number of animals left = 9

total number of animals = 6+9 = 15

It is said the in each pack there is an equal number of animals. Therefore,

Number of animals per pack = 15 / 3 = 5 animals