IXL | Identify quotients of rational numbers: word problems

In which story could you use the quotient

to answer the question?

Ronald decided to make a movie with his friends one summer. After filming, Ronald edited the movie for 4 days. He removed 32 minutes of footage in all. On average, how much footage did Ronald remove each day?

Ronald decided to make a movie with his friends one summer. After filming, the movie was 32 minutes long. Ronald edited the movie and removed 4 minutes of footage. What was the final length of the movie?

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In which story could you use the quotient

–

300

to answer the question?

Rafi's class rented a dunk tank to raise money at their school's carnival. The tank holds 300 gallons of water. It took them 45 minutes to drain the tank at the end of the carnival. How much did the amount of water in the tank change per minute on average?

Rafi's class rented a dunk tank to raise money at their school's carnival. The tank holds 300 gallons of water. It took them 45 minutes to fill the tank with water. How much did the amount of water in the tank change per minute on average?

solution

Read the first story.

The dunk tank started with 300 gallons of water before Rafi's class drained the water. So, the amount of water in the tank changed by

–

300

gallons. The water drained over 45 minutes. Divide to find how much the amount of water in the tank changed per minute.

You could use the quotient

–

300

to answer the question.

Read the second story.

The dunk tank started empty before Rafi's class filled it with 300 gallons of water. So, the amount of water in the tank changed by 300 gallons, not

–

300

gallons. The tank filled over 45 minutes. Divide to find how much the amount of water in the tank changed per minute.

You could use the quotient

300

to answer the question, not the quotient

–

300

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