Question

A great white shark weighted 4,302 pounds. This weight was 3 times the weight of a blue marlin fish. What was the weight of the blue marlin

Answer 1

All you need to do is 4,302 divided by 3. You would get 1434 pounds. I did this in my head. You can split it to get 4,200 divided by 3 + 102 divided by 3. You get 1400 + 34 which is 1434.

Answer 2

1434

solution

4302 / 3 = 1434