Question

Shawn and Jalen watch a meteor shower. Shawn sees 8 meteors.Jalen sees 16 meteors. How many times as many meteors as Shawn does Jalen see? A. 2 times B. 4 times C. 8 times D. 16 times

Answer 1

In this case, Jalen sees 2 times as many meteors as Shawn.

The correct answer is A) 2 times.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many times as many meteors Jalen sees compared to Shawn, we can divide the number of meteors Jalen sees by the number of meteors Shawn sees.

• 1. Jalen sees 16 meteors.
• 2. Shawn sees 8 meteors.

To find out how many times as many meteors Jalen sees compared to Shawn, we divide 16 by 8.

16 / 8 = 2

Therefore, Jalen sees 2 times as many meteors as Shawn.

The correct answer to this question is A) 2 times.