If 5/8 of a bucket can be filled in one minute, how many seconds will it take to fill the rest of the bucket?



Solution to the Problem:


It will take 36 seconds to fill the rest of the bucket.

Let x = time to fill the rest of the bucket (in minutes)
Then 5/8 : 1 = 3/8 : x
So x = 3/5 minute or 36 seconds.

Here is another way to solve it:
5/8 of the bucket can be filled in 1 minute.
Dividing by 5, we find that 1/8 of the bucket can be filled in 1/5 of a minute.
Multiplying by 3, we have that 3/8 of the bucket can be filled in 3/5 of a minute.


Correctly solved by:

1. Colin (Yowie) Bowey Beechworth, Victoria, Australia
2. Dr. Hari Kishan D.N. College,
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
3. Veena Mg Bangalore, Karnataka, India
4. Davit Banana Istanbul, Turkey
5. K. Sengupta Calcutta, India
6. Ritwik Chaudhuri Santiniketan, West Bengal, India
7. Rabia Demir Sakarya City, Turkey
8. Ivy Joseph Pune, Maharashtra, India
9. Shannon Pitout Central High School,
Grand Junction, Colorado
10. Carolina Romero Central High School,
Grand Junction, Colorado
11. Kelly Stubblefield Mobile, Alabama