Question

Last year, the local animal shelter found homes for 12,308 dogs and 7,953 cats. What is the total number of dogs and cats the animal shelter found homes for last year?

Answer 1

12308 + 7953 = 20261 total.

Answer 2

Shelters found for dogs = 12,308
Shelters found for cats = 7,953

Total number of shelters found
= Shelters found for dogs + Shelters found for cats
= 12,308 + 7,953
= 20,261 shelters

Therefore, the total number of shelter found for both dogs and cats last year is 20,261 shelters