Question

3 turtles walking.

The orange turtle, Maria, moved 250 centimeters in 9.4 minutes.Which calculation gives you her speed as a unit rate?

Answer 1

The green turtle, Monique, traveled 250 centimeters in 8.7 minutes.

The calculation that will give you the speed as a unit rate is

✔ 250 ÷ 8.7

The green turtle’s speed as a unit rate is

✔ 28.7 cm/min

centimeters per minute if the answer is rounded to the nearest tenth

Explanation:

Answer 2

Divide 250 by 9.4 to get 26.6

Explanation:

To calculate her unit rate, 1 minute, we must divide the distance travelled over 9.4 minutes by 9.4 to see how far she travelled in 1 minute.