August 2022
Problem of the Month

Fill the Bucket

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:

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

Send any comments or questions to: David Pleacher