Question

The world record for the fastest typing speed is 212 words per minute. How many words per second is this? Round to the nearest tenth. Show your work

Answer 1

3.5

Explanation:

212 words / 60 seconds in a minute = 3.53 repeating

Answer 2

3.5 words per second

Explanation:

There are 60 seconds in a minute. To find the words per seconds, We will need to divide the words per minutes of 212 by 60. Let x equal this number.

x=212/60

Do the division

x=3.5333....

This rounds down since 3 rounds down

x=3.5

They type at 3.5 words per second