Fish Farm 1 Design The Fish Farm problem is designed to have
students apply the concepts of ratio and equivalent ratio to
distribute a set number of male and female fish into three
ponds. Each pond has a target ratio of male-to-female fish. As
the students move fish from the tank into the individual ponds,
the numerical and graphical displays of the current numbers of
male and female fish will change. For their birthday, the Carp
triplets received 26 tropical fish: 13 females and 13 males.
They discussed ways to divide the fish among their three tiny
backyard ponds. Angel said, "I want the same number of male and
female fish in my pond." "Okay," said Molly. "I want three times
as many males as females in my pond." "Then I want twice as many
females as males in my pond," Gar replied. Is there a way to put
all 26 fish into those three ponds, while giving each triplet
what he or she wants? Use the applet to explore this question.
Questions / Explorations - How many male fish and female fish
does each triplet get