Question

During a heavy rainstorm, a city in Florida received 12 1/2 inches of rain in 25 1/2 hours. What is the approximate rainfallrage in inches per hour

Answer 1

We need to divide the number of inches by the number of hours.
Let's first convert the two numbers into fractions.

12 1/2 = 25/2

25 1/2 = 51/2

(25/2) / (51/2) = 25/2 * 2/51 = 50/102 = 25/51 = 0.49

The average rainfall was approximately 0.5 inches per hour.