Question

Traveling at 45 miles per hour, how many minutes, rounded to the nearest whole number, does it take to drive 240 miles from Orlando to Miami?

Answer 1

(240mi/(45mi/hr))*(60min/hr)=320 minutes

Why did you ask to round to the nearest whole minute? It comes out exact...

Answer 2

45 miles ... 1 hour ... 60 minutes
240 miles ... x hours ... x minutes = ?

If you would like to know how many minutes does it take to drive 240 miles from Orlando to Miami, you can calculate this using the following steps:

45 * x = 60 * 240
45 * x = 14400 /45
x = 14400 / 45
x = 320 minutes

Result: You will need 320 minutes to drive 240 miles.