Question

Calvin purchased 2 fish bowls full of goldfish and 3 goldfish in a single bag. Each bowl had 6 fish in it. How many goldfish did Calvin buy? Calculate the number of fish in 1 bowl and in the bag together. Divide that number by the number of bowls. Calculate how many goldfish are in 2 fish bowls. Add that number to the number of fish in the bag. Calculate how many more goldfish are in a bowl than the bag. Multiply that number by the number of bowls. Calculate how many fish bowls there are. Add that number to the number of fish in the bag.

Answer 1

How many goldfish did Calvin buy?

• (2 bowls x 6 goldfish) + 3 goldfish in a bag = 15 goldfish

Calculate the number of fish in 1 bowl and in the bag together.

• (1 bowls x 6 goldfish) + 3 goldfish in a bag = 9 goldfish

Divide that number by the number of bowls.

• 9 goldfish / 2 bowls = 4.5 goldfish

Calculate how many goldfish are in 2 fish bowls.

• 2 bowls x 6 goldfish = 12 goldfish

Add that number to the number of fish in the bag.

• 12 goldfish + 3 goldfish = 15 goldfish

Calculate how many more goldfish are in a bowl than the bag.

• 6 goldfish - 3 goldfish = 3 goldfish more in a bowl than in a bag

Multiply that number by the number of bowls.

• 3 goldfish x 2 = 6 goldfish

Calculate how many fish bowls there are.

• 2 fish bowls

Add that number to the number of fish in the bag.

• 2 + 3 = 5