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Ben bought 12 goldfish. Each goldfish costv$0.59. How much did Ben spend? _____

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so first multiply 59 by 12. 59 times 12 equals 708 so ben spent 708 dollars

User Naren Chejara
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Ben bought 12 goldfish, and each goldfish cost $0.59.

So, we need to find how much $0.59 would be 12 times. We can either add $0.59 twelve times, or multiply. The easier way is to multiply.

12 × 0.59 = 7.08

The final answer is that: Ben spent $7.08 on goldfish.

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