Question

Melinda earns 5 minutes to play video games for every hour she spends on homework.

If Melinda spends 3 hours on homework, how many minutes will she earn to play video games?

Answer 1

Since she spent 3 hours doing her homework, and for every hour she spends on homework earns her 5 minutes to play video game, that would be 5 x 3 which give her 15 minutes to play video games.

Answer 2

15 minutes

Explanation:

For every hour of homework she gets 5 minutes of video games.

She spend 3 hours of homework.

We multiply 3*5

Answer is 15