Question

A town in east Texas received 10 inches of rain in two weeks. If it kept raining at this rate for a 31−day month, how much rain did the town receive?

Answer 1

Multiply 10 for each 2 weeks in the month

Answer 2

I would start by figuring out what one day of rain would be, in this case two weeks is 14 days, so we get 10 inches in 14 days. 14 divided by 10 is 1.4. Now you do 1.4 multiplied by 31 for each day, which equals 43.4. I think that in 31 days this town in Texas will receive 43.4 inches of rain.