Question

Jason watched a caterpillar move 16 feet in 8 minutes. Jason says that the caterpillar's unit rate is 0.5 foot per minute. Is Jason correct? Drag and drop numbers and words into the correct boxes to complete the explanation.

Answer 1

Jason is incorrect.

The caterpillar's rate is 2 ft/min

Explanation:

The rate of motion is defined as the quotient between the distance covered (in our case 16 feet) divided by the time it took to cover that distance (in our case 8 minutes)

Then, the rate is:

`rate=(distance)/(time) = (16\,\,ft)/(8\,\,min) = 2\,(ft)/(min)`