Question

It takes Colton 14 minutes to decorate 4 cookies. It takes

David 20 minutes to decorate 6 cookies. Who decorates

at a faster rate? Explain how you know

Answer 1

David decorated the cookies at a faster rate than Colton.

Explanation:

David decorated one cookie every 3 and 1/3 minutes. Colton decorated one cookie every 3.5 minutes. The way to find the answer to your question is by dividing the number of minutes by the number of cookies decorated.