volunteers put together 40 school supply kits in 8 min at this rate how many could they put together in 30 min solve this problem using a unit rate

Answer 1

To solve the problem using a unit rate, we first need to determine how many school supply kits the volunteers can put together in one minute.

From the problem, we know that:

• 40 school supply kits are assembled in 8 minutes.

To find the unit rate (kits per minute), we can divide the total number of kits by the total time in minutes:

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

Now, we want to find out how many kits can be made in 30 minutes. We can use the unit rate we just calculated:

\[ \text{Kits in 30 minutes} = \text{Unit rate} \times \text{Time} \] \[ \text{Kits in 30 minutes} = 5 \text{ kits per minute} \times 30 \text{ minutes} = 150 \text{ kits} \]

So, the volunteers can put together 150 school supply kits in 30 minutes.