Question

Jacky read at the rate of 15 pages per hour. Johnny read at the rate of 1/3 of a pages per minute. Who was reading faster? By how many pages per hour faster?

Answer 1

We can compare by converting Johnny's reading time into the same unit of Jacky's, hours.

There are 60 minutes in an hour, so use this:


`(1)/(3) * (60)/(1) = 20`

15 < 20, so Johnny read faster. This is 5 pages faster per hour than Jacky.