WORD PROBLEM

Question

One afternoon, you read 24 pages of a novel in 30 minutes. Another afternoon, you read 33 pages in 45 minutes. How can you decide whether you read at the same rate or at different rates on the two afternoons? On which afternoon did you read at a faster rate? Explain.

Answer 1

You need find out how many pages you can read in one minute. 

 

rate = (# of pages)/(# of minutes)

 

 

For 24 pages in 30 minutes, the rate is 0.8 pages per minute. 

For 33 pages in 45 minutes, the rate is 0.73 pages per minute.

 

 

You read faster on the first afternoon since you read a few more pages than in the second afternoon.