Question

An object moves on a conveyor belt at a speed of 60 inches per second. Explain how you could conver the speed to feet per minute

Answer 1

We know that 1 foot = 12 inches and 1 minute = 60 seconds, so to convert 60 inches per second to feet per minute, we are going to multiply $60 \frac{in}{sec}$ by $\frac{1ft}{12in}$ and $\frac{60sec}{1min}$ to cancel units and express our answer in feet per minute:
$60 \frac{in}{sec}* \frac{1ft}{12in}*\frac{60sec}{1min} =300 \frac{ft}{min}$

We can conclude that after converting 60 inches per second to feet per minute, we get 300 feet per minute.