conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Simon, Gerry, and Micky want to have a race with handmade miniature rafts. Simon's raft needs 36 sticks, Gerry's raft needs two-thirds of the number of sticks that Simon needs, and Micky's raft needs 9 sticks more than Simon and Gerry's rafts combined. How many sticks do the three boys need to collect in total?
  Work out the solution step by step.
conversations.from: assistant
conversations.value: Gerry's raft needs (36/3) x 2 = 12 x 2 = 24 sticks
  Simon and Gerry's rafts need 36 + 24 = 60 sticks
  Micky's raft needs 60 + 9 = 69 sticks
  The boys need to collect 60 + 69 = 129 sticks in total.