You have two numbers -- 60 and 5. What do you think you should do with them to solve the problem?
Add? Subtract? Multiply? Divide?
The average 3rd grafe student can read 60 words in 5 min. What is the average rate per minute?
Write an expression to represent the problem.
And solve the problem:
7 answers
Divide
Right. What do you get?
Is this the correct expression?
60÷5=12
60÷5=12
Yes. The third grader reads 12 words a minute.
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