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 find out how far the caterpillar can crawl in 1 minute, we first need to determine its speed.

The caterpillar crawls \( \frac{1}{2} \) inch in \( \frac{1}{4} \) minute. To find the speed in inches per minute, we can set up a proportion:

1. The distance it crawls in \( \frac{1}{4} \) minute is \( \frac{1}{2} \) inch.
2. To find the distance in 1 full minute, we can multiply the distance crawled in \( \frac{1}{4} \) minute by 4 (because 1 minute is 4 times \( \frac{1}{4} \) minute):

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

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