If Jacob and his friends can make 12 snowballs in 1 minute then in how many minutes can they make 48 snowballs

In 4 minutes 48 snowballs will have been made.

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that per every 1 minute 12 snowballs are made.

So we want to know how many minutes it will take to make 48 snowballs.

We simply figure how much you have to multiply 12 by to get 48.

Which equals

So now we know that we just have to multiply to get the amount of minutes.

Per every 1 minute 12 snowballs are made.

So,

In 4 minutes 48 snowballs will have been made.