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The Ice-cream Dollars
In the small town of Ice-cremia, the only currency is ice-cream dollars. On the great lake, better known as Clear Lake, there are some golden fish. Each fish is worth 81 ice-cream dollars. At the Ice market, you can buy icy-cold drinks. The most popular drink is a can-o-coke. Each can-o-coke is worth 11 ice-cream dollars. After catching a golden fish and selling it, Timmyboym spends all his money on cans-o-coke, until he can't afford any more. When he has exactly 0 ice-cream dollars, how many cans-o-coke does he have? How many fish has he sold?
Answer
81. 81 x $11= 891, which can be divided equally into 81 (the price of a fish), to get eleven. He has 81 cans-o-coke, and has sold 11 fish.Hide Answer Show Answer
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