Volunteers put together 40 school-supply kits in 8 minutes. At this rate, how many could they put together in 30 minutes? Solve this problem using a unit rate. (1 point)

Answer 1

To find out how many school-supply kits the volunteers can put together in 30 minutes, we first determine the unit rate by calculating how many kits they can assemble in one minute.

Starting with the information given:

• They can assemble 40 school-supply kits in 8 minutes.

To find the rate per minute, we divide the total kits by the total time:

\[ \text{Unit rate} = \frac{40 \text{ kits}}{8 \text{ minutes}} = 5 \text{ kits per minute} \]

Now that we have the unit rate, we can calculate how many kits they can assemble in 30 minutes:

\[ \text{Kits in 30 minutes} = 5 \text{ kits/minute} \times 30 \text{ minutes} = 150 \text{ kits} \]

Therefore, at this rate, they can put together 150 school-supply kits in 30 minutes.