Question

A snail crawls 2 3/4 inches in one minute . How far can it travel in 3 1/2 minutes?

Answer 1

Answer: 5/6 inch/minute

Whenever you are working with a question of rate where two different quantities are being compared, the required units will indicate which quantity is to be divided by which.

In this case you want to know inches per minute.Therefore:

5

8

inches

÷

3

4

minute

5

8

÷

3

4

=

5

8

×

4

3

     

←

multiply by the reciprocal

=

5

8

2

×

4

3

=

5

6