Question

1. Alice was folding laundry. She folded 20 shirts from 7:20 to 7:25. When she finishes folding all the shirts, she was done.

(a) If she started folding shirts at 7:15 and ended at 7:38, estimate how many shirts she would have folded in all. Explain your reasoning.
(b) Write an equation to represent how many shirts Alice has left to fold if she started at 7:15. Explain your reasoning. Answer:

Answer 1

Answer: 92

Explanation:

Let's figure out how many shirts she folds per minute.

She folded 20 shirts in 5 minutes.

20/5 = 4

She folds shirts at a rate of 4 per minute.

7:15 - 7:38 is a 23 minute window. So, we take 23 (the time in minutes) and multiply it by 4 (the shirts folded per minute).

23 * 4 = 92 shirts folded