Three people can pick six baskets of apples in one hour. How many baskets of apples can 12 people pick in one?

Question

I'm 11 so I'm not smart in math but I'm smart in other classes. its a long story and these questions are giving me a hard time.
Question: Three people can pick six baskets of apples in one hour. How many baskets of apples can 12 people pick in one-half hour. Just tell me how to solve it.

Answer 1

12

If three people can pick 6 baskets in one hour, then four times the amount of people can pick 4 times the amount which would be 24 in one hour. So 12 in half the time.

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Answer 2

Hi Don't worry if you dont fully understand math yet it will come with time. My 10 year old son has a hard time as well.
If 3 people can pick six baskets then
6 people can pick 12
9 people can pick 18
and 12 people can pick 24. in one hour now you take the 24 and divide that in half and the answer is 12 baskets in a half hour.

Answer 3

= (6 baskets / 3 people) * 12 people * 1/2 hour
= 2 baskets * 12 people * 1/2 hour
= 24 baskets in one hour * 1/2 hour
= 12 baskets

Answer: 12 people can pick up 12 baskets in 1/2 hour

Explanation:
1 person can pick 2 baskets in an hour (6 baskets / 3 people)
Therefore the rate of each in 1/2 hour is 1 basket.
If there are 12 people then 12 is the corresponding number of baskets in 1/2 hour.

Answer 4

If 3 people picks 6 baskets in 1 hr , this means each person picks 2 baskets on average in 1hr. so 12 people will pick 24 baskets in 1hr (12X2) , you then divide 24 by 2 as you want to know how much is picked in half an hour
Therefore the answer is 12 (24/2)
Hope that helps

Answer 5

The first thing you figure out is how many baskets of apples a single person can pick in an hour. You have three people picking six baskets, so each person has picked two baskets.

Now you have twelve people so they can pick 24 baskets in an hour. But you say that they only have half that time, so half of 24 is 12.

Answer 6

12 people is times the amount of 3 people.

If 3 people pick 6 baskets it seems 12 people should pick 24 baskets in an hour and 12 baskets in a half hour.

Your answer is 12 baskets.
Each person picks 1 basket a half hour.

Answer 7

If 3 people can pick 6 baskets in one hour
Then 1 person can pick 6 divided by 3
Therefore 12 people can pick 6 divided by 3, multiplied by 12 = 24.

Answer 8

If 3 people can pick 6 baskets/hour then one person can pick 2 baskets/hour. That means that one person can pick 1 basket/half-hour. So, 12 people can pick 12 baskets/half-hour.

Answer 9

you need to find how many baskets of apples 1 person picks in 1 hour.

in this case

rate = 6 baskets / 3 persons / 1 hour = 2 baskets per person per hour.

b = rate * number of people * time
= 2 baskets per person per hour * 12 people * 0.5 hours
= 12 baskets.

the important thing here is that you work out the rate at which people pick baskets.

Answer 10

24 Baskets