Question

Nathan packs 25 packs in 2 hours how many boxes he pack in his 8 hour shift

Answer 1

Hey there!
Let's set up a proportion. Our unknown is x here, and x is defined as how my boxes Nathan can pack in a total of 8 hours.


`(25)/(2) = (x)/(8)`

Now, we can cross multiply. That gives us:
2x = 200
Divide both sides by 2 to get:
x = 100
Therefore, Nathan can pack 100 boxes in his eight hour shift.

Alternative method:
In the beginning, you could have simply noticed that if you multiply the 2 hours by 4 you would get 8 hours, and you could just multiply the 25 by 4 to get 100 boxes in 8 hours either way.

Hope this helps!