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Okay, so I've messed about with this for a while now and I've found that the following formula works on how to get the speed. A car has covered 27 miles in 120 minutes. What is the speed it is traveling at? I add three zeros to the 27, making it 27,000. 120/27000 = 225. I then put a decimal...

Hi Mark, thanks for the reply! I'm sorry to sound really silly here but I didn't totally understand that. Could you explain it? How are you getting the 485 and 16?Talk about maths for a dummy lol..

see! But, perhaps I'm missing something?, I can't seem to make it work for anything else. A car has covered 97 miles in 192 minutes. What is the speed? 192/97 = 1 r 95 95 * 10 = 950 950/192 = 4 r 182 182 x 10 = 1820 1820 / 192 = 9 r 92 so, that would all together give me 1.49. 1.49 x 60...

Ah, I see! So now I've identified my real problem. I've never dealt with this before. Precision is key for the upcoming exam, so unfortunately for me I can't round it. What would the sum look like to get the decimal of a remainder? For example 1 r 17? Thanks again!

Thanks a lot for the reply! How would I get the sum to get the .75? I'm trying to put together a method that I can always go back to in order to answer many other questions in the same manner, for example: 1). If the time taken is in minutes, do a sum to get the .75. 2). Do the formula. 3)...

I'm in the process of joining the Police service and as a part of the entrance I'm working on my maths and seem to have hit a wall with speed / distance x time. Can't find much on the internet regarding this. Baring in mind I've been out of school for some time now, I've had to relearn...