Rebecca traveled 500 miles at a speed of 65 MPH. How many hours did she travel? Round the answer to the nearest tenth of an hour.

Answer 1

Cheyenne,

Lets try to write everything out into simple parts to help us visualize the problem more easier.

distance traveled is 500 miles

speed is 65 miles per hour

time she traveled is ___ hours

65 miles per hour means for every 1 hour, 65 miles have been traveled.

Total distance is 500 miles

First we find out how many times 65 goes into 500

500/65 = 7.7 (rounded to the nearest tenth)

since it takes 1 hour to travel 65 miles, therefore it will take about 7.7 hours to travel 500 miles.

I hope this helps and is clear.

Feel free to reach out to me to help clarify.

Thanks,

Richmond