Question

Jessica reads a story about a turtle that swam 16 feet in 24 seconds. She assumes that the time, t, that it takes the turtle to swim a distance of d feet is a proportional relationship. Jessica starts to create the table shown for the other times and distances the turtle swims. Enter the missing numbers in the table to represent the proportional relationship.
1, ___, 24, 45
___, 10, 16, ____

Answer 1

You would start by figuring out the distance the turtle swims every second by dividing 24 by 16.
24➗16=1.5
From this we can take the numbers from either T: 1, ___, 24, 45 or D: ___, 10, 16, ___ to figure out the blank spaces for the other using multiplication or division. Divide T by 1.5, or multiply D by 1.5 to find the other

T: 1, 15, 24, 45
D: 1.5, 10, 16, 30