You leave your house and start walking.....

Question

You leave your house and start walking down the street to the movie theater at a speed of ?4 ? ?3 ?? of a block per minute. You walk at this speed for ?5 ? ?3 ?? of a minute. How much of a block have you traveled?

Answer 1

So you're travelling at a certain speed (4/3 blocks/min), for a certain period of time (5/3 minutes). 

 

Just multiply those together (top times top, bottom times bottom) to get your distance travelled

 

4       5         4 * 5        20

— * — =   ———— =  — blocks travelled.

3       3         3 * 3         9

 

Hope that helps! :)