Question

A grasshopper covered a distance of 5 yards in 9 equal hops .
How many yards did the grasshopper travel on each hop?
Draw a picture to support your work.

Answer 1

For this case we can make the following rule of three:

5 yards ---------> 9 hops

x -------------------> 1 hop

From here, we must clear the value of x.

We have then:

x = 5/9

x=0.56 yards per hop

Answer:

the grasshopper 0.56 yards travel on each hop