Problem of the Week - Middle School - Nov. 8, 2020 to Nov. 14, 2020

Middle School: 

Question: A writer types 36 words per minute. Two hundred forty words fit on a page. If the writer types an hour straight, how many pages does he write? 

Answer: 9 pages

Solution:  Since the writer types 36 words per minute and there are 240 words on a page, that means he types 36/240 = 3/20 of a page per minute. So, in an hour, he types 3/20 × 60 = 180/20 = 9 pages per hour.