Boys' Feast

If a boy and a half can eat a hot chincken and a half in a minute and a half, how many hot chickens can six boys eat in six minutes?

Answer:

Let's break the question down into steps. We know that a boy and a half can eat a hot chicken and a half in a minute and a half. So how manyhot chickens could six boys eat in a minute and a half? We have the same amount of time, but four times as many boys, so the answer is four times as many hot chickens -- six, to be precise. But now let's consider what six boys could eat in six minutes. We now have four times as much time, so the answer is four times as many hot chickens -- specifically, 24.