A caterpillar can crawl 1/2

Question

of an inch in 1/4
of a minute. How far can he crawl in 1 minute?(1 point)
The caterpillar can crawl
inch(es) in one minute.

Answer 1

To determine how far the caterpillar can crawl in 1 minute, we can set up a proportion based on the distance it covers in a shorter time period.

The caterpillar crawls \( \frac{1}{2} \) inch in \( \frac{1}{4} \) minute.

To find the distance it would crawl in 1 minute, we can multiply the distance it covers in \( \frac{1}{4} \) minute by the number of such intervals in 1 minute:

\[ \text{Distance in 1 minute} = \frac{1}{2} \text{ inch} \times 4 = 2 \text{ inches} \]

So, the caterpillar can crawl 2 inches in one minute.