Ebony read 6 3/4 pages of a book in 9 minutes, what is her average reading rate in pages per minute?

Question

Isaiah Anthony · Accepted Answer

3/4 of a page per minute

Convert #6 3/4# pages into an improper fraction, #27/4# pages, then divide this by 9 minutes to get the number of pages per minute, which is the same as multiplying by #1/9#. This gives you #27/36#, which reduces to #3/4#.

Jace Anderson · Answer

undefined To find Ebony's average reading rate in pages per minute, we divide the number of pages she read (6 3/4) by the time it took her to read them (9 minutes).

6 3/4 divided by 9 equals 3/4, which can also be written as 0.75.

Therefore, Ebony's average reading rate is 0.75 pages per minute.

Eli Assouline · Answer

undefined To find Ebony's average reading rate in pages per minute, divide the number of pages she read by the time it took her to read them:

Average reading rate = Number of pages read / Time taken

Average reading rate = 6 3/4 pages / 9 minutes

To divide a mixed number by a whole number, convert the mixed number to an improper fraction:

6 3/4 = (4*6 + 3)/4 = 27/4

Average reading rate = 27/4 pages / 9 minutes

To divide a fraction by a whole number, divide the numerator by the denominator:

Average reading rate = (27/4) / 9

Average reading rate = (27/4) * (1/9)

Average reading rate = 27/36

Simplify the fraction:

Average reading rate = 3/4 pages per minute