Question

Joshua, an editor for the Winston Salem Gazette, edits 1⁄6 of a page in 3 minutes. How long would it take him to edit 3 pages?

Answer 1

54

Explanation:

If we know that Josh edits at a rate of 1/6 of a page in three minutes... then using the Unit rule... we can determine that he edits 1 whole page 6 times longer than that. By doing that... we find that Josh edits 1 page in 18 minutes. From there... we multiply the time at which it takes him to edit one page (18 minutes) by 3 (pages) to get our answer.

18 x 3 = 54