If five machines take five minutes to make five widgets, how many minutes do it take one hundred machines to make one hundred widgets?
5 minutes
Each machine takes 5 minutes to make 1 widget. Therefore, 100 machines working simultaneously will each make 1 widget in 5 minutes.
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Math riddles hide a calculation inside a short story. Pull out the numbers, work out what is being asked, and watch for a trick such as a unit change.
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