Question

Kelly can run 1/2 mile in 3 minutes. How far does

Kelly run in 1 minute if he runs at the same pace the
entire time?

Answer 1

880 feet; 0.166666666 miles or ⅙ of a mile

Explanation:

First convert miles to feet so 1 mile is 5280 feet.

Now divide it by 2 because we're working with half a mile per 3 minutes.

Now we know that Kelly can run 2640 feet every 3 minutes. Divide that by three to get her pace for every minute and we know that she runs 880feet per minute. In miles that would be 0.166 or ⅙ of a mile

Answer 2

Explanation:

the ratio is

1/2 mile per 3 minutes

= 1/2 / 3

now, we need to keep the value of that ratio unchanged but still transform the ratio (= a fraction) so that we get as ultimate denominator 1 instead of 3 (how far did he run in 1 minute).

what do we need to do to transform 3 to 1 ?

we need to divide by 3.

and because we have to keep the ratio value, we have to devide also the numerator by 3 :

1/2 / 3 × 1/3 / 1/3 = (1/2 × 1/3) / (3 × 1/3) = 1/6 / 1

so, we can read from the result directly :

when running with the same pace (ratio) for 1 minute, he will run 1/6 mile.