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It takes 12 buckets of water to fill a fish tank. If chloe uses scoops equal to 1/4 of a bucket, how many scoops are needed to fill the whole tank?

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User ChadNC
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Answer: 48

Explanation:

From the question, we are informed that it takes 12 buckets of water to fill a fish tank. We are further told that Chloe uses scoops which are equal to 1/4 of a bucket.

The number of scoops that are needed to fill the whole tank would be:

= 12 ÷ 1/4

= 12 × 4

= 48

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