Question

Charlotte reads 8 1/3 pages of a book of in 10 minutes. What is her average reading rate in pages per minute?

Answer 1

The answer as a fraction is 5/6

We want to figure out how many pages Charlotte can read in 1 minute. Since we know how many pages she can read in 10 minutes, in order to find out how many she reads in 1 minute, simply do 10 divided by 8 1/3. Which will give you your answer, 5/6.