Ms graves gave her class 12 minutes to read. Carrie read 5 1/2pages in that time. At what rate ,in pages per hour ,did Carrie read?

27.5 of pages of the book 60÷12=5 5.5×5=27.5 ~JZ

12 mins 60 mins per hour we are trying to find an equivilent fraction that has 60 in the bottom so (5 and 1/2)/12=x/60 multiply both sides by 60 330/12=x divide 27 and 1/2=x she read 27.5 pages per minute