How long will it take Jeremy to type his report?

Question

Jeremy needs to type a 500-word report for science class. He knows he can type about 19 words per minute. About how long will it take Jeremy to type his report?

Answer 1

Approximately 26 1/2 minutes. 500 words divided by 19 words per minute = 26.31 Or you could look at it as 19x=500 where x is the amount of minutes it will take him to type 500 words. x=500/19 which is 26.31.

Answer 2

Hello,

To solve this problem you would divide 500 ( in the numerator) by 19 (in the denominator) .

You would do this because 500 is the total amount of words you are trying to type.

If you know that 19 words are typed every minute then 500/19 will equal the amount of time it will take.

500/19 = 26.3 (approximately 26)

So it would take Jeremy 26.3 minutes to type the 500 word report.

Hope this helps!