Cheryl can make 20 baskets in five minutes. she does this every day. How many baskets can she make in one minute?

Question

Cheryl can make 20 baskets in five minutes. she does this every day. How many baskets can she make in one minute?

Answer 1

b represents the number of baskets

20 : 5 :: b : 1     proportion

5b = 20(1)         product means extremes

 

Can you solve for b?

 

Or

 

1 minute is 1/5 of 5 minutes

Therefore she make 1/5 as many baskets