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Ms. Graves gave her class 12 minutes to read. Carrie read 5 1/2 pages in that time. At what rate, in pages per hour, did Carrie read?
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Ms. Graves gave her class 12 minutes to read. Carrie read 5 1/2 pages in that time. At what rate, in pages per hour, did Carrie read?

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To make this easier, you want to do 5 1/2 into a decimal. 5.5, next divide to find her pace per minute. 12/ 5.5 =2.1818
Multiply that by 60, and your answer is 130
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