A factory produces 300 video game discs in 15 minutes. How many video game discs can it produce in 1 minute?

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Answer 1

It's simple

 

Let's see another example. Say you are driving a car at 50 miles per hour. So in 3 hours you will drive 50*3=150 miles

So if I ask, you can drive 150 miles in 3 hours, so how many miles can you drive in 1 hr? Simple. 150/3 =50 miles

 

Your question is same as my example. The factory produces 300 disks in 15 mins, so it produces 300/15 =20 disks in 1 min.

Cheers.

 

Answer 2

15 minutes for 300 games      divide both by 15

1 minute for 20 games

Answer 3

Assuming performance is linear with respect to time (terrible word problem unfortunately, since a factory would not produce any discs in one minute unless it is running extremely fast). But, anyway, the problem can be assumed linear, thus:

 

Video Game Discs per unit time = 300 discs / 15 minutes = 300/15 [discs per minute] = 20 discs per minute. Thus, the factory produces 20 discs in one minute.