A car travels north for 240 mi in 3 hours. What is the car's velocity?

Answer 1

That's like being asked, if someone earned $100 and worked for 4 hours, how much did they earn per hour? You would divide the $100 into 4 parts, giving $25 an hour.

If a car travels 240 miles after 3 hours, divide the 240 miles into 3 parts to find out the miles per hour. The division operation can handle that.