Question

A pet store has 19 goldfish tanks. The store can place 12 fish in each tank. How many goldfish can it keep? Write a division equation with a variable.

Answer 1

The division equation is: $\frac{x}{19} = 12$

228 goldfish can be kept

Solution:

Given that,

A pet store has 19 goldfish tanks

The store can place 12 fish in each tank

Let "x" be the number of gold fish that can be kept in tank

From given information,

Number of goldfish tanks = 19

Number of fish kept in 1 tank = 12 fish

We know that,

number of gold fish that can be kept in tank = Number of goldfish tanks x Number of fish kept in 1 tank

$x = 19 \times 12$

$\frac{x}{19} = 12$

Thus the division equation is found

On solving we get,

x = 19 x 12 = 228

Thus 228 goldfish can be kept