Marsha, Josh, and Tyler are comparing how fast they can type. Marsha types 125 words in 7.5 minutes. Josh types 65 words in 3 minutes. Tyler types 400 words in 28 minutes. How do you order the students according to who can type the fastest?

Marsha, Tyler, Josh.

In order to compare them, we need to change all the of typing into the same unit.

Words per minute means divide the number of words by the number of minutes.

Marsha: 125 words in 7.5 minutes.. ## rArr 125/7.5 = 16.67 "wpm"## Josh: 65 words in 3 minutes ............## rArr 65/3 = 5.52 "wpm"## Tyler: 400 words in 28 minutes........ ## rArr400/28 = 14.29 "wpm"##

From fastest to slowest they are:

Marsha, Tyler, Josh.