Question

A garden snail moves 1/6 foot in 1/3 hour.

This is unit rates. Please explain your answer.

Answer 1

1/6 foot 0.16666667 ft
________ = ________________ = 0.50 ft/hr
1/3 hour 0.33333333 hr

A unit rate is identified as a rate with 1 in the denominator. Therefor, a garden snail moves 0.50 feet per 1 hour.