A Ferris wheel can accommodate 50 people in 20 minutes. How many people could ride the Ferris wheel in 2 hours? What was that rate per hour?

Answer 1

You could first find out how many people can ride in an hr by multiplication. We know 50 people can ride in 20 minutes.

So, 50 x 3 = 150 people can ride in 1 hr (because there are 3, 20-minute increments in 1 hr)

150 x 2 = 300

300 people can ride in 2 hours. The rate is 150 people per hour.