Question

A carpenter has less than 120 min. to spend painting furniture each day. Today, he has spent 30.5 min. painting a desk. Now he will paint x chairs, each of which takes 12.5 min.

What is the maximum number of chairs the carpenter can paint?

A, 7
B, 8
C, 12
D, 13

Answer 1

The answer would be A. 7

Answer 2

120 - 30.5 = 89.5
89.5 / 12.5 = 7.16
the maximum of chairs he can paint is A, 7 chairs