Question

Sid peeled 21 oranges every 28 hours. At that rate, how many would he peel in 24 hours?

Answer 1

He will peel 18 oranges in 24 hours

Here, we want to calculate the number of oranges that will be peeled in 24 hours

From the question, we can deduce the following;

21 oranges = 28 hours

x oranges = 24 hours

We then proceed to cross-multiply

$\begin{gathered} 21\times24\text{ = x}\times28 \\ \\ x\text{ = }\frac{21\times24}{28} \\ \\ x\text{ = 18 oranges} \end{gathered}$