1. "Your Uncle Andy sent these for you three kids," said John, putting some stamps down on the table. "Between three and four dozen of them." "Fred's taken one and a half times as many as Carol," cried Wendy. "It's not fair." "Why not, I'm the oldest," her brother declared. "And anyway you've taken half as many as Carol and I together." How many had Fred taken?

Fred took 18 stamps.

Fred took 11 stamps.

Fred took 28 stamps.