At the zoo, there where 3 times as many monkeys and lions.Tom counted a total of 24 monkeys and lions. How many monkeys were there?

Answer 1

Should that say : At the zoo, there were 3 times as many monkeys as lions ?

if so, then
let the number of lions be x
the number of monkeys is 3x

x + 3x = 24

solve for x