Question

a company can make 5000 crayons in 6 minutes how many crayons can be made in 3 hours. please show the steps!

Answer 1

6 mins goes into 60 mins ten times.
so, first do
$5000 \times 10 = 50000$
now 50000 crauons are being made in 1 hour but your are trying to find how many crayons are being made in 3 hours
so, you multiply
$50000 \times 3 = 150000$
150000 is how many crayons are made in 3 hours.