Calculate 240 words in 4 minutes

Step by step

The question

Question: 240 words in 4 minutes.

How many words in 1 minute?

A unit rate tells us how much for just 1.

Here: words for 1 minute.

1 Write it as a fraction

We write it as a fraction.

The words go on top.

The minutes go on the bottom.

2 Divide to get 1 at the bottom

We want 1 minute on the bottom.

4 divided by 4 is 1.

We divide the top by 4 too, so the rate stays the same.

240 divided by 4 is 60.

So it is 60 words for 1 minute.

Per means for each.

So the unit rate is 60 words per minute.

3 Check

Let's check: 4 minutes at 60 words per minute.

4 times 60 is 240.

That is 240 words, so it is right!

Let's look back.

First: write it as a fraction.

Then: divide to get 1 at the bottom.

Last: check.