Question

Mrs Graves gave her class 12 minutes to read. Carrie read 5 and half pages in that time. What rate in per hour did Carrie read?

Answer 1

50pages per hour

Explanation:

12÷1/2=6

6x10=60

5x10=50

I multiplied by ten because it's in minutes and there are 60 minutes in an hour. And I have to multiply both of them in order to make it correct.

Answer 2

Roughly eight pages per hour...maybe.

60 (1 hour) minus 12 (the amount of time given) divided by 5 and 1/2 (the amount of pages read)...is the equation I used.