Suppose 8 monkeys take 8 minutes to eat 8 bananas. How many minutes would it take 3 monkeys to eat 3 bananas? How many monkeys would it take to eat 48 bananas in 48 minutes?
Answer
If 8 monkeys take 8 minutes to eat 8 bananas, then 1 monkey takes 8 minutes to eat 1 banana.
So 3 monkeys will take 8 minutes to eat 3 bananas.
1 monkey can eat 1 banana in 8 minutes, so 1 monkey can eat 6 bananas in 48 (8 x 6) minutes. Therefore, 8 monkeys can eat 48 bananas in 48 minutes.