Question

Geri ran in a marathon race. It took her 3 hours and 28 minutes to run 26 miles. how many minutes did it take her to run 1 mile if she ran at the same rate for the whole race ?

Answer 1

Hello!

$\frac{Time}{Ran}$

You have to divide time by amount ran, but first change the hours to minutes.

3 hours and 28 minutes = 208 minutes

Total time = 208 minutes
Amount ran = 26 miles

$\frac{208}{26} = 8$

It took her 8 minutes to run 1 mile

Answer 2

Convert 3 hours and 28 minutes to minutes.
An hour contains 60 minutes, and we have 3 hours and 28 minutes.

3 times 60 minutes is 180 minutes. Adding 28 to it, we have 208 minutes.
It took Geri 208 minutes to run 26 miles.

Now, divide 208 by 26 (number of miles) to find how long it took Geri to run only one mile.

You should get 8. Thus, Geri ran 1 mile every 8 minutes. I hope you found this useful!