Weekly Challenge
October 1-5, 2007

I have an aquarium with striped
angel fish. Some of the fish have 3 stripes and some have 4
stripes. Altogether I count 11 stripes. How many fish are
in my aquarium?
Show your work.
For 4th and 5th graders: Using the table below, how many fish can
I put in a 42 gallon aquarium?
Number of Fish
Size of Aquarium
4
12 gallons
8
24 gallons
12
36 gallons
42 gallons