Jill's fish weighs 8 times as much as her parakeet. Together, the pets weigh 63. How much does the fish weigh? This is 4th grade
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63 ounces divided by 8=7.875 ounces.
p + 8p = 63
9p = 63
p = 7
7 * 8 = ________ pounds
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To find out how much the fish weighs, we need to solve a math problem. Let's use a variable to represent the weight of Jill's parakeet. Let's say the weight of the parakeet is P.
According to the problem, the fish weighs 8 times as much as the parakeet. So the weight of the fish can be represented as 8P.
Now, the problem also tells us that together, the pets weigh 63. So we can set up an equation to represent this: P + 8P = 63.
Combining the like terms on the left side of the equation, we get 9P = 63.
To solve for P, we need to divide both sides of the equation by 9. This gives us P = 7.
Therefore, the weight of the parakeet is 7 units. Since the fish weighs 8 times as much as the parakeet, we can calculate the weight of the fish by multiplying 8 by the weight of the parakeet:
Fish's weight = 8 * Parakeet's weight = 8 * 7 = 56.
Therefore, Jill's fish weighs 56 units.