Question

A cyclist rides his bike at a rate of 6 miles per hour. What is this rate in miles per minute? How many miles will the cyclist travel in 5 minutes? Do not round your answers.

Answer 1

In order to find the distance traveled in one minute, you have to divide the distance he can ride his bike in an hour by the number of minutes in a hour. 6/60= .1 mile per minute. If he rides his bike for five minutes, then you would multiply the number of minutes biked by the distance traveled in a minute. .1*5=.5 mile, or $\frac{1}{2}$ mile.