Question

Quincy was stuck inside during an afternoon rainstorm. He spent 20 minutes reading books, 18 minutes eating lunch, 12 minutes watching TV, and 10 minutes drawing. For every 10 minutes Quincy was inside he spent 3 minutes _______. Choose 1 answer: A. Reading books B. Eating lunch C. Watching TV D. Drawing

Answer 1

B. Eating lunch

The total time of the rainstorm was 20+18+12+10=60 minutes so 10 of this is 1/6.
3 is 1/6 of 18, and 18 minutes were spent eating lunch.

Answer 2

Answer:

The answer is B. He spent 3 minutes eating lunch for every 10 minutes.

Step-by-step explanation:

He spent stuck inside during the brainstorm for:

20+18+12+10= 60 minutes in total.

And now we want to know what he did for every 10 minutes he spent in the rainstorm. To do that we need to divide what he did for every 10 minutes by the total of minutes that he was stuck:

$\frac{10}{60} =\frac{1}{6}$

And now we can multiply the time of the activities by 1/6 to get the time he did each activity every 10 minutes.

Reading:

$20*\frac{1}{6} = 3.33$ minutes reading for every 10 minutes.

Eating:

$18*\frac{1}{6} = 3$ minutes eating for every 10 minutes.

Watching TV:

$12*\frac{1}{6} = 2$ minutes watching TV for every 10 minutes.

Drawing:

$10*\frac{1}{6} = 1.67$ minutes drawing for every 10 minutes.

Therefore he spent 3 minutes eating lunch for every 10 minutes.