Student Resource Pages - Answers to Spike's Activity Page
Wild Math
- When a bunch of fish turn up dead at the same time nature detectives call it a "fish kill."
- A TPWD Kills and Spills Team (KAST) investigator needs to know how many total fish died in a "fish kill." She's investigating a portion of the Trinity River that's 100 feet long. She has divided the 100 ft. portion into 10 equal sections.
- Half of the sections have no dead fish. The other half of the sections have 7 dead fish in each of them.
- How many fish does the whole "fish kill" contain altogether? 35