Question

Samuel is folding his laundry. The table shows the proportional relationship between the number of shirts he folds and the time, in minutes, it takes him to fold them.

Number of Shirts 3 9 ?
Time (minutes) 0.5 1.5 5


How many shirts can Samuel fold in 5 minutes?
12 shirts
15 shirts
20 shirts
30 shirts

Answer 1

30 shirts

Explanation:

Answer 2

30 shirts

Explanation:

What we know:

30 seconds = 3 shirts

1 minute 30 seconds = 9 shirts

30 seconds per each 3 shirts

shirts: 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30

minutes: .5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5