Mrs. Gunn makes one costume in 3hours and 20 minutes. How long will it take her to make 6 costumes for a school play?

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Corinne Dunlap

30 May, 08:23

Mrs. Gunn makes one costume in 3hours and 20 minutes. How long will it take her to make 6 costumes for a school play?

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Reyna Lamb · Answer 1

We can change the 3 hours and 20 minutes to "minutes" instead of hours:

1 hour is 60 minutes. So 3 hours is 60 * 3 = 180 minutes.

Add the 20 : 180 + 20 = 200 minutes for one costume.

Multiply by 6 for 6 costumes: 200 * 6 = 1200.

So 1200 minutes or 1200/60 = 20 hours to make 6 costumes