Question

Liam is a tyre fitter. it takes him 56 minutes to fit 4 tyres to a van.

a) how long would it take him to fit 12 tyres to 3 vans?

b) if he works for 42 minutes, how many tyres can he fit?

Answer 1

a)168 b)12

Explanation:

a)56 divided by 4=14 14 times 12=168

b)504 divided by 42=12

Answer 2

answer a. 12 times 14 give us 168 minutes.

answer b. 42/14 = 3 tires

Explanation:

You can do this problem a couple of ways.

Since we have two different forms of problems, let's solve for per minute of each tire.

a. 56/4 gives us time per tire in minutes.

14 minutes per tire

3 vans have 12 tires.

answer a. 12 x 14 give us 168 minutes.

b.

divide 42 minutes by 14 minutes to see how many tires he can fit.

answer b. 42/14 = 3 tires