Question

4 people can paint a house in 6 hours.

a)
How long would it take 1 person to paint the house?

Answer 1

24 hours

Explanation:

This question is a tricky one, but easy to solve at the same time. Normally the answer to this question would be 1 person = 24 (blank). But since we are talking about time, unit rates would not help very much. Multiply 4*6=24. It would take one person (assuming he goes as fast ad the others) 24 hours to complete the job.

Answer 2

24 hours

Explanation:

4 people can do the work in 6 hours

4*6 = 24 work hours

It will take 1 person 24 work hours to complete the job