Question

For a Thanksgiving food drive, volunteers packed 50 boxes of food in 20 minutes. How many boxes did they pack per minute? Responses 2.5 boxes/minute 2.5 boxes/minute - no response given 0.4 boxes/minute 0.4 boxes/minute - no response given 2.5 minutes/box 2.5 minutes/box - no response given 0.4 minutes/box

Answer 1

To find out how many boxes were packed per minute, divide the total number of boxes by the total time in minutes.

The volunteers packed 50 boxes in 20 minutes:

\[ \text{Boxes per minute} = \frac{\text{Total boxes}}{\text{Total time in minutes}} = \frac{50 \text{ boxes}}{20 \text{ minutes}} = 2.5 \text{ boxes/minute} \]

So, the correct response is 2.5 boxes/minute.