Question

A snail can move 3 inches in 2 minutes. At this rate, how many feet can it move in 6 hours?

Answer 1

540 feet

Explanation:

Convert hours to minutes - 6 * 60 = 360 minutes

3 inches in 2 minutes = 1.5 inches in 1 minute (I did this just to make the next steps easier)

Figure out the number of feet moved in 6 hours - 1.5 * 360 = 540 feet

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Answer 2

45 in 6 hours

Explanation:

3 inches in 2 minutes

So every hour, it can do 90 inches (since we multiply 2 times 30, we have to multiply 3 times 30)

So next we need to find out how much it goes in 6 hours, so we take 6 x 90. That gives us 540.

Lastly, we take 540 and divide it by 12 (since there are 12 inches in a foot) and that gives us 45 feet in 6 hours.