Question

At the fall festival, there was a pumpkin picking contest. The 6th grade team picked 16 pumpkins in 4 minutes, and the seventh grade team picked 48 pumpkins in 8 minutes. Which team picked more pumpkins per minute?

6th
7th
or same amount

Answer 1

The 7th grade team picked more pumpkins per minute.

Explanation:

If you take 16 pumpkins and divide it by the 4 minutes, so you can get the one to one ratio you would get 4 pumpkins per minute for the 6th grade team. Now we do the same thing with the seventh grade team and 48 divided by 8 is 6 pumpkins per minute. So 6 pumpkins per minute is larger than 4 pumpkins per minute. That means the 7th grade picked the pumpkins the fastest.

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Answer 2

7th grade team

Explanation:

6th grade team: 16/4= 4 pumpkins per min

7th grade team: 48/8= 6 pumpkins per min

Therefore, the 7th grade team picked more pumpkins per min