Madelyn won the raffle at the zoo and gets to feed the dolphins! The dolphin trainer gives Madelyn a bucket of fish to divide evenly among 3 dolphins. Each dolphin gets 6 fish.

Question

Which equation can you use to find the number of fish f in the bucket before Madelyn feeds the dolphins?
Solve this equation for f to find the number of fish in the bucket before Madelyn feeds the dolphins.
fish

Answer 1

in bucket = number of dolphins x number of fish each dolphin gets
f = 3 x 6
f = 18