Every half
Written on 11:35 pm by Vja Students
If a boy and a half can eat a hot dog and a half in a minute and a half, how many hot dogs can six boys eat in six minutes?
Ans:24
We know that a boy and a half can eat a hot dog and a half in a minute and a half. So how many hot dogs could six boys eat in a minute and a half? We have the same amount of time, but four times as many boys, so the answer is four times as many hot dogs -- six, to be precise.
But now let's consider what six boys could eat in six minutes. We now have four times as much time, so the answer is four times as many hot dogs -- specifically, 24.
