A caterpillar can crawl 1/2 of an inch in 1/4 of a minute. How far can he crawl in 1 minute?
1 inch
1/8 inch
2 inches
1/2 inches
To find out how far the caterpillar can crawl in 1 minute, we need to determine how many intervals of 1/4 of a minute are in 1 minute.
1 minute is equal to 4 intervals of 1/4 of a minute.
Since the caterpillar can crawl 1/2 of an inch in 1/4 of a minute, it can crawl 1/2 inch in each interval.
Therefore, in 1 minute, the caterpillar can crawl 4 intervals of 1/2 inch each, which is a total of 2 inches.
So, the caterpillar can crawl 2 inches in 1 minute.