Joey fills 1/5 of a toffee box in 1/25 of a minute. How much time will he take to fill a toffee box?
Mathematics · Middle School · Thu Feb 04 2021
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Given the statement:
Joey fills 1/5 of a toffee box in 1/25 of a minute.
Determine how much time will he take to fill a toffee box.
Solution:
In order to determine the time it fill the toffee box, we simply need to divide 1/5 by 1 / 25. Note that in dividing with fractions, we take the reciprocal of the dividend and multiply it to the numerator or the divisor. In our case we multiply the reciprocal of 1 / 25 which is 25 to 1/5.
= 1/5 / 1 / 25
= (1/5)(25/1)
= 5
Final answer:
It would take 5 minutes to fill a toffee box.