Question

Amanda is cooking a turkey for dinner. The recipe says that the turkey should cook for 1 1/2 hours. She has been cooking the turkey for 25 minutes. According to the recipe, how many more minutes does the turkey need to cook?

Answer 1

The answer should be 65 since 1 1/2 is 90 minutes minus the 25 she passed already.

Answer 2

65 minutes

Explanation:

If we know that an hour has 60 minutes, and she needs to cook it for 1 1/2 hours, we can use an equation that looks something like this:

(m = minutes left)

(1.5 × 60) - 25 = m

Now just solve.

1.5 × 60 = 90

90 - 25 = 65

The turkey needs to cook for 65 more minutes, or an hour and 5 minutes.