Marreneh B.

asked • 10/03/15

each tank can hold up 20 fish.How many mor fish can the pet shop put in the three tanks?

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Christy H.

Marrenah, is this the complete word problem?
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10/03/15

Andrew M.

I gather there are 3 tanks, each of which can hold up to 20 fish.
Thus, there is a maximum capacity of 3(20) = 60 fish.
But without some information as to how many are there at this time
we have no way of figuring out how many more can be put in.
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10/04/15

Sam K.

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I agree with Christy and Andrew.  Either there is more to this problem or it is 4th grade simple.
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10/04/15

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Jacob A. answered • 02/01/20

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Each fish tank can hold 20 fish. Assuming there are no fish currently in any of the tanks, you could write it like this:


20 fish in one tank + 20 fish in another tank + 20 fish in the last tank = 60 fish total


or


20+20+20=60


If you know how to multiply, you can do it by taking the number of tanks ( 3 ) and the number of fish that can fit in each tank ( 20 ) and multiply them together to get their product, which is 60.


20 fish per tank times 3 tanks = 60 fish total


or


20*3=60


So if you have 3 empty fish tanks, you can add 60 more fish.


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