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Shandra read 1 book in 5 months. What was her rate of reading, in books per month? Give your answer as a whole number or a FRACTION in simplest form.
Answer: books per month

Shandra read $1$ book in $5$ months. What was her rate of reading, in books per month? Give your answer as a whole number or a FRACTION in simplest form. $\newline$ Answer: $\square$ books per month

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Calculate unit rates with fractions

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Q. Shandra read

1

book in

5

months. What was her rate of reading, in books per month? Give your answer as a whole number or a FRACTION in simplest form.

\newline

Answer:

\square

books per month

Identify Given Information: Identify the given information. $\newline$ Shandra read $1$ book in $5$ months. $\newline$ We need to find her rate of reading in books per month.
Determine Formula: Determine the formula to calculate the rate of reading. $\newline$ Rate of reading = $\frac{\text{Number of books read}}{\text{Number of months}}$
Plug Given Information: Plug the given information into the formula. $\newline$ Rate of reading = $1$ book $\div$ $5$ months
Simplify Fraction: Simplify the fraction to find the rate of reading in books per month. Rate of reading = $\frac{1}{5}$ books per month

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