Question

Cynthia ran 4 laps in 40 min. What is the rate of number of laps to minutes?

Answer 1

The answer is:1 lap per minute

Answer 2

4 laps: 40 min
1 laps: 10 min

To solve this you have to divide 4÷1=4 (you can divide by anything as long as you do it to both sides) so 40÷4=10. This means Cynthia ran 1 lap in 10 min.