Question

Ms.Bass gave her class 12 minuets to read. Carrie read 5 1/2 pages in that time. At what rate, in pages per hour, did Carrie read? #PLZHELP

Answer 1

So, we have

5.5/12

Convert to a denominator of 60, since there are 60 mins in an hour

60/12= 5

Multiply numerator and denominator by 5

5*5.5= 27.5

12*5= 60

So our answer is 27.5/60 or 27.5 pages an hour

I hope this helps :)