Question

Amy ate 27.5 cookies in 5.5 minutes. How many cookies did she eat per minute?

Answer 1

Amy ate 5 cookies per minute

Explanation:

Do get the unit rate - the number of cookies per minute - you can divide 27.5/5.5. You then get 5. This means that Amy ate 5 cookies per minute.

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Answer 2

5 cookies per minute.

Explanation:

To do this, we divide 27.5 by 5.5 to get the unit rate, in other words, the amount of cookies eaten per minute. This gets us 5. That means Amy ate 5 cookies per minute.