Question

Lin ran 2 3/4 miles in 2/5 of an hour. Noah ran 8 2/3 miles in 4/3 of an hour.

Pick one of the questions that was displayed, but don’t tell anyone which question you picked. Find the answer to the question.


When you and your partner are both done, share the answer you got (do not share the question) and ask your partner to guess which question you answered. If your partner can’t guess, explain the process you used to answer the question.

Switch with your partner and take a turn guessing the question that your partner answered.

Answer 1

(The second one)
Noah ran 8.67 miles in 1 hour and 20 minutes
If we convert the fraction to a decimal (for the miles part) we get 8.67 or 8 2/3 miles.

If 1/3 of an hour is 20 minutes, and an hour is 60 minutes, we add 20 4 times, which gets us to 80, which is 20 past an hour.