Question

Annie walked 2/5 mile to the store in 1/4 hour. What is her walking pace?

Answer 1

Answer:

To find ratio mph (miles PER hour), we can write the information given as a fraction. (The miles will go on top and the number of hours will go on the bottom).

1/2=.5 miles

1/4-.25 miles

So we have .5miles/.25 hours

From here, we can do 2 things: divide to get 2miles/hour or you can see that you can reduce the fraction (.5/2=.25 and .25/.25=1). So again we get 2/1 miles per hour OR 2 mph

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