Question

The average third grade student can read 80 words in 5 minutes. What is the average reading rate per minute?

Answer 1

16 words per minute

Explanation:

We can think of this problemas a fraction such as

`(80words)/(5minutes)`

to simplify the denominator to one you need to divide top and bottom by 5

`(16words)/(1minute)`

Answer 2

To find the average reading rate per minute, we need to divide the total number of words read by the total time spent reading.

The average third grade student can read 80 words in 5 minutes.

Dividing the total number of words (80) by the total time spent reading (5 minutes), we get:

80/5 = 16

Therefore, the average reading rate per minute is 16 words.