Question

1. If Lynn can type a page in p minutes, what piece of the page can she do in 5 minutes?

A. 5/p
B. p - 5
C. p + 5
D. p/5
E. 1- p + 5

Answer 1

D.

Answer 2

how was it you worked it out or what steps did you use?

Answer 3

I was lying, it's A.

You can try using real numbers to see which one logically makes sense. For instance, if p was 10 (so it took her 10 minutes to write a page), you can assume that she can write half a page in 5 minutes.

Only one of those answers should give you 1/2. If more than one answer does, try with new numbers. Does that help?

Answer 4

yes thank you :)

Answer 5

Sure thing.

Answer 6

p = whole = 1

5 minutes = part = fraction of a whole

p/5 = part of the whole in 5 minutes...

Answer 7

think pie :)

1 pie is the whole things; part of the pie is what you get...

1/5 is a part of the whole thing....