AI Tutor
If a race car zooms 120 miles in 2 hours, how far does it go in just 1 hour?
It travels 60 miles each hour, which we call its speed.

The Speed Formula

Speed tells you how much distance you cover in a set amount of time.
To find speed, divide distance by time: Speed=DistanceTime\text{Speed} = \frac{\text{Distance}}{\text{Time}}.
What happens if a trip takes minutes instead of whole hours?

Turning Minutes into Hours

Because 1 hour has 60 minutes, you divide minutes by 60 to write them as a fractional hour.
For example, 30 minutes is 3060=0.5\frac{30}{60} = 0.5 hours, and 15 minutes is 1560=0.25\frac{15}{60} = 0.25 hours.
Can we use these fraction hours to solve a real trip problem?

Finding Speed with Fractions