Nils has 60 mins for 20 question test. It take 20 min for her to answer 12 questions. What is the greatest amount of time she can take for each of the 8 remaining questions
(60 - 20) / 8 = _____ minutes
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Thank you Ms. Sue! How do I turn this into an inequality?
60 - 20) / 8 <= _____ minutes
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To find out the greatest amount of time Nils can take for each of the 8 remaining questions, we first need to calculate how much time she has already spent on the first 12 questions.
We know that Nils took 20 minutes to answer 12 questions. Therefore, to find out how much time she took for each question, we divide the total time by the number of questions:
Time per question = Total time / Number of questions
Time per question = 20 minutes / 12 questions
Time per question = 1.67 minutes/question (rounded to two decimal places)
Now, we can calculate the time Nils has remaining for the remaining 8 questions:
Total time = 60 minutes
Time spent on first 12 questions = 20 minutes
Remaining time = Total time - Time spent on first 12 questions
Remaining time = 60 minutes - 20 minutes
Remaining time = 40 minutes
To find out the greatest amount of time Nils can take for each of the 8 remaining questions, we divide the remaining time by the number of remaining questions:
Time per question (remaining) = Remaining time / Number of remaining questions
Time per question (remaining) = 40 minutes / 8 questions
Time per question (remaining) = 5 minutes/question
Therefore, the greatest amount of time Nils can take for each of the 8 remaining questions is 5 minutes.