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:

You have two numbers -- 60 and 5. What do you think you should do with them to solve the problem?

Add? Subtract? Multiply? Divide?

Divide

Right. What do you get?

Is this the correct expression?

60÷5=12

Yes. The third grader reads 12 words a minute.

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