Question

Hector’s school is holding a fitness challenge. Students are encouraged to exercise at least 2 1/2 hours per week. Hector exercises about the same number of hours each week. During a four week period he exercises for 11 1/2 hours. Hector wants to compare his exercise rate with the fitness challenge rate. How many hours per week does Hector exercise?

Answer 1

To find out how many hours per week Hector exercises, we can divide the total number of hours he exercised in the four week period by the number of weeks.

11 1/2 hours / 4 weeks = 2.875 hours per week

Therefore, Hector exercises for 2.875 hours per week.