Question

on a fishing trip, nancy caught a fish that was 9 inches long. her brother jim caught a fish that was 36 inches long. how many times as long as nancys fish was jims fish?

Explanation:

Step1: Identify the operation

To find how many times as long Jim's fish is compared to Nancy's, we divide Jim's fish length by Nancy's fish length.

Step2: Perform the division

Jim's fish length is 36 inches and Nancy's is 9 inches. So we calculate $36 \div 9$.
$36 \div 9 = 4$

Answer:

4