A caterpillar can crawl 12 of an inch in 14 of a minute. How far can he crawl in 1 minute?(1 point)
Responses
1 inch
1/8 inch
2 inches
1/2 inches
To find out how far the caterpillar can crawl in one minute, we can set up a ratio.
Since the caterpillar can crawl 1/2 of an inch in 1/4 of a minute, we can write the ratio as:
1/2 inch / 1/4 minute.
To find out how far the caterpillar can crawl in 1 minute, we need to multiply the numerator and denominator of the ratio by 4.
(1/2 inch x 4) / (1/4 minute x 4)
= 2 inches / 1 minute
Therefore, the caterpillar can crawl 2 inches in 1 minute.