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A caterpillar can crawl 1/2
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.
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Answer 1

To find out how far the caterpillar can crawl in 1 minute, we can set up a simple proportion based on the information given.

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

First, we can find the rate of crawling in inches per minute:

1. In \( \frac{1}{4} \) minute, the caterpillar crawls \( \frac{1}{2} \) inch.
2. To find out how far it crawls in 1 minute, we can multiply the distance by 4 (since \( \frac{1}{4} \) minute is one-fourth of a minute).

So, we do:

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

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