On a school trip to the seashore, Alan and his friends collected shells. Alan collected four times as many shells as Ben did. Ben got a late start and only collected a third of what Laurie did. If Laurie collected 36 shells how many did Alan collect?
Ben collected 36/3=
<gadget id="calculator">36/3</gadget>
<output>12</output>
12 shells.
Alan collected 12*4=
<gadget id="calculator">12*4</gadget>
<output>48</output>
48 shells.

<result>48</result>