Ratios and Proportions - SAT Math question

In this video I go through a ratio and proportion SAT math question. This question requires you to know units of measurement (converting from hours to minutes), setting up proportions, and solving. The concept of part over whole is used throughout this short video.

Here is the question:
There are 12 men on a basketball team and in a game 5 of them play at any one time. If the game is 1 hour long and if each man plays exactly the same amount of time, how many minutes does each man play?

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[michaelbirt]

Another solution...

There are five men that can play at any point during the hour.
5 man hours.
There are 12 men you need to divide that by.
5/12ths of an hour.
A clock is already divided into 12 portions, what does the 5 represent?
The 25-minute mark.

Let's see if we can find some alternative solutions to other SAT questions, work on our critical thinking skills.

[joeboxter]

Don't think so ... 12 men. 5 play at a time. The first five go in and play 25 min. The next 5 go in and play 25 min. Now 50 min have elapsed. And 2 men have not played and even if they could play, they would play for 10 min. 3 other men would play for 10 min, too. But now first rule, they all play same time is broken.

So let's say not all men play and we are left with 10 men. But there we have the same problem -- since not all men play, not all men can play the same amount of time.

This question is flawed as it is written.