Question

Eric read 150 pages in one hour. What is Eric's reading rate in pages per minute?

Answer 1

`2.5` pages per minute.

Explanation:

First of all you know that he read `color(green)(150)` pages in `color(red)(1 hour)`.
`color(red)(1 hour)` is the same as `color(blue)(60 min)`.
You are going to take the number of pages read (`color(green)(150)`)and divide it by how many minutes it took him to read the pages, which is `color(blue)(60min)`
`color(purple)(150/60)color(purple)(=2.5)`
Eric read `2.5` pages in `1` minute.

To check your answer, you can multiply `2.5` by `60`
`color(brown)(2.5*60)color(brown)(=150)`

Hope this helps :)