It takes 72,000 gallons of water to fill 12 above-ground swimming pools. Each pool holds the same amount of water. How many gallons of water will fill each swimming pool?
There is a total of 72,000 gallons of water to be distributed equally among 12 swimming pools. Each pool holds the same amount; therefore, 72,000 divided by 12 would equal 6000. Each pool would hold 6000 gallons of water.
72,0000 is divided by 12 so you have 72,0000gallons of water divided by 12 pools you could Either do repeated addition , subtraction, or division so 72,0000 is divided by 12 which is 60,000
