Question

A garden snail moves 1/6 foot in 1/3 hour. This is unit rates. Please explain your answer.

Answer 1

The snail moved 0.5 feet in an hour.

This is because 1/3 x 3 is 1 hour. so you multiply how far the snail moves by 3.

1/6 x 3 = 3/6 which is equivalent to 1/2. <span />