Fish Bowls (Solve multiplicative comparison word problems involving finding the number of groups using drawings)

The video tutorial explains how to compare the number of fish in two bowls using a multiplicative approach. The small bowl contains three fish, while the big bowl has twelve. The lesson demonstrates how to determine how many times more fish the big bowl holds by grouping the fish into sets equivalent to the small bowl. By creating four groups of three fish each, it is shown that the big bowl holds four times as many fish as the small bowl. The tutorial emphasizes using drawings to solve multiplicative comparison problems.

What is the total number of fish in the small bowl?

• 1

• 4

• 2

• 3

How many fish are there in the big bowl?

• 10

• 11

• 12

• 13

What is the first step in solving the problem of comparing the fish in the two bowls?

• Count the fish in the small bowl

• Move fish from the big bowl into groups

• Remove fish from the small bowl

• Add more fish to the small bowl

How many groups of small bowls can be made from the fish in the big bowl?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

What conclusion can be drawn about the number of fish in the big bowl compared to the small bowl?

• The big bowl holds twice as many fish

• The big bowl holds five times as many fish

• The big bowl holds three times as many fish

• The big bowl holds four times as many fish