Question about Elephant herd word problem

Question

An elephant herd can move 50 miles in a day. At this rate, about how many miles can an elephant herd move each hour?

Answer 1

if the herd moves 50mi per day, the ratio looks like this: 50/1day.

there are 24 hours in one day which means you can substitute 24hrs in the ratio where it says 1 day.

essentially leaving you with 50mi / 24hrs.

division leads to the answer: 2.08 miles/hour

Answer 2

Hi.

Thank you for your question.

The problem tells you the total miles (50) that a herd can move in one day.

However, the problem wants to know how many miles this herd could move in one hour.

Since there are 24 hours in a day, it takes 24 hours for the elephant herd to move 50 miles.

You therefore need to take the 50 miles and divide it by the number of hours in a day, to get the number of miles for one hour.

50miles/24hours

*(Because of the numbers given in the problem, the number doesn't divide evenly and will include a decimal. If the actual figures from the math problem divide out to a decimal, always double check if they want you to round to a certain value.)

So, in this case:

50miles/24hours=2.08333333333miles/hour

I hope this helps with this problem, and similar ones in the future.

Have a great night!