Question

A grasshopper covered a distance of 5 yards in 9 equal hops.How many yards did the grasshopper travel on each hop?

Answer 1

5/9 = .55555555555 yards traveled per hop
15/9 = 1.6666667 feet per hop

Answer 2

For this case we can make the following rule of three:

5 yards ---------> 9 hops

x -------------------> 1 hop

From here, we must clear the value of x.

We have then:

$x = \frac {5} {9}\\x = 0.56 \frac {yards} {hop}$

Answer:

the grasshopper 0.56 yards travel on each hop