The local primary school are having their school photographs taken. As there are lots of photographs to take, there are two photographers working in two separate rooms.

Both photographers start work at 9 am.

Photographer 1 takes 3 minutes per person.

Photographer 2 takes 6 minutes per person.

After 35 minutes, how many times will children have gone in to have their photographs taken at the same time?


1 answer

In 35 minutes, Photographer 1 will have taken 35 / 3 = <<35/3=11.67>>11.67 photographs.
In 35 minutes, Photographer 2 will have taken 35 / 6 = <<35/6=5.83>>5.83 photographs.

Since we cannot have a fraction of a photograph, we can conclude that 11 photographs will have been taken at the same time. Answer: \boxed{11}.