Problema Solution
The fish tank in the classroom contained 12 goldfish. Sarah and Jim were each allowed to take home 1/4 of the fish. How many fish were in the tank?
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Assuming that we need to find how many fish were left in the tank we have:
1/4 of 12 is: (1/4)*12 = 3
Each of Sarah and Jim took 3 fish, or total of 2*3 = 6 fish.
The number of fish left is 12 - 6 = 6 fish.