Question

A snail traveled 3 over 8, of an inch in 3 minutes. How many inches can the snail travel in 9 minutes? Express the answer as a decimal

Answer 1

So, first of all, let's convert the fraction $\frac{3}{8}$ into a decimal, which would be 0.375 (3 divided by 8)

The snail travels this far in 3 minutes. To find out how far it travels in nine minutes, we have to find out how many times 3 goes into 9.

9 / 3 = 3

Now. we simply multiply our decimal by three in order to get our answer!

0.375 x 3 = 1.125 inches

The answer is 1.125 inches!