Question

Which story problem can be represented by this number sentence?

3 × 9 =

A.
Allen has 3 fish bowls. There are 9 fish in each bowl. How many fish are in the bowls?

B.
Allen has 3 fish bowls. He has a total of 9 fish. There are the same number of fish in each bowl. How many fish are in each bowl?

C.
Allen has 3 fish bowls. Heath has 9 fish bowls. How many fish bowls do the boys have altogether?

D.
Allen has 3 fish bowls. Heath has 9 fish bowls. How many more fish bowls does Heath have than Allen?

Answer 1

A. Is the answer.

He has 3 fish bowls, and in each fish bowl he has 9 fish. To calculate the amount of total fish he has, you would do:
9 + 9 + 9 = 27 fish.
Instead of adding, you could do 3 x 9 = 27.
So A. is the answer.

Answer 2

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