Math Problem

Question: Hayden is going door to door around her cul-de-sac to sell cookies for a fundraiser. It takes 8 minutes for her to go to a house and sell the cookies to her neighbors. If there are 5 houses on the block how long will it take for Hayden to go to all the houses in all? Use a table to figure out the equation. 

X=Houses      Y=Minutes

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Answer: It will take Hayden a total of 40 minutes. Every house she adds 8 minutes onto her time fundraising. If there are 5 houses and 8 minutes at each house that equals 40 minutes of fundraising.

 

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