Question

brandon works in a mailroom on weekends for some extra cash.One of his duties is to sort local mail from all the other mail.He can sort 8 pieces of mail in 10 seconds.How many pieces of mail will he be ale to sort in 45 minutes?

Answer 1

If he can sort 8 pieces in 10 seconds, and there are 60 seconds in a minute he can sort 48 pieces per minute. So you take that number, and multiple that by the 45 minutes and you get 2160.

So, Brandon can sort 2160 pieces of mail in 45 minutes.