Water fl owing from a faucet can fill 1/4 of a tank in 3 minutes.
a) How long does it take to fi ll the tank completely with water?
b) How long will it take to fi ll 6 similar tanks completely with water? Give your answer in hours and minutes.
3 * 4 = 12 minutes
6 * 12 = _______ minutes
a) four times three minutes
b) 6 times a divided by 60 with any remainder being minutes
for example 72 minutes /60 minutes/hr = 1 12/60 hours or 1 hour and 12 minutes
To solve this problem, we first need to find out how long it takes to fill the tank completely with water.
Given that water flowing from the faucet fills 1/4 of the tank in 3 minutes, we can determine that it takes 12 minutes (3 minutes * 4 quarters) to fill the tank completely.
Now, let's move on to the second question and calculate the time required to fill 6 similar tanks completely with water.
Since it takes 12 minutes to fill one tank, we can deduce that it will take 12 * 6 = 72 minutes (12 minutes * 6 tanks) to fill 6 tanks completely.
To convert this into hours and minutes, we divide 72 minutes by 60 (the number of minutes in an hour) to find out how many hours are required.
72 minutes ÷ 60 minutes/hour = 1 hour and 12 minutes.
Therefore, it will take 1 hour and 12 minutes to fill 6 similar tanks completely with water.
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5 minutes
A. 3÷1/4=12
B. 12*6= 72