Izzy is calculating the amount of time it takes a rocket to get to the moon. The moon is around 239,000 miles from Earth. How many hours would it take a rocket that can travel at 500 miles per minute to travel to the moon? Round to the nearest hour.

Question

8 hours
20 hours
478 hours
28,680 hours

Answer 1

To calculate the time it takes for a rocket traveling at 500 miles per minute to reach the moon, we can use the following steps:

1. Distance to the moon: 239,000 miles
2. Speed of the rocket: 500 miles per minute

Now, calculate the time in minutes:

\[ \text{Time (in minutes)} = \frac{\text{Distance}}{\text{Speed}} = \frac{239,000 \text{ miles}}{500 \text{ miles per minute}} = 478 \text{ minutes} \]

Next, convert minutes to hours:

\[ \text{Time (in hours)} = \frac{478 \text{ minutes}}{60 \text{ minutes per hour}} \approx 7.96667 \text{ hours} \]

Rounding to the nearest hour gives us 8 hours.

Therefore, the answer is:

8 hours.