Gr 3 C4 Task Counting Goldfish
This task aligns to 3.OA.3. It is an open-ended task involving division and multiplication.
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5 teachers have fish tanks in their classroom. Each teacher receives an equal number of tropical fish to put in his/her fish tank. Each teacher also receives 6 goldfish.
If there are between 34 and 56 fish in the school, how many tropical fish could there be? Use your counters or square tiles to model the problem. Find at least 3 possible answers and write an equation for each solution.
Write a sentence to explain how you solved the task.