Question

A biologist collected 1 gallon of pond water and found 50 paramecium. If the lake
is 1,000 gallons, how many paramecium would be predicted in the lake? *
50,000
50
500
5,000

Answer 1

Answer:

50000

Explanation:

number of paramecium in 1 gallon of water = 50

number of paramecium in 1000 gallons of water =

1000× 50 = 50000