SOLUTION: Jessica works in a factory during the summer packing boxes to be shipped. In one 4 hour period, Jessica packs 124 boxes. How many boxes does Jessica pack in one hour? What part of

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Question 1057995: Jessica works in a factory during the summer packing boxes to be shipped. In one 4 hour period, Jessica packs 124 boxes. How many boxes does Jessica pack in one hour? What part of an hour does it take jessica to pack one box. Explain the difference between the two unit rates found.
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124 divided by 4.
No remainder.


One box, how much time?
25+6 boxes in one hour.
31 boxes in one hour.
This is %2831%2F1%29%28boxes%2Fhour%29
or
%281%2F31%29%28hours%2Fbox%29


Notice which part of the fraction goes with which individual unit!