{"id":224540,"date":"2025-06-03T08:36:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T08:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=224540"},"modified":"2025-06-03T08:36:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T08:36:31","slug":"jerry-walked-a-dog-from-640-am-to-730-am-one-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/03\/jerry-walked-a-dog-from-640-am-to-730-am-one-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerry walked a dog from 6:40 am to 7:30 am one day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jerry walked a dog from 6:40 am to 7:30 am one day. If he was paid at the rate of $6 per hour, how much did he earn that day? Show work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step-by-Step Solution:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Determine the duration of time Jerry worked:<\/strong> He started walking the dog at 6:40 AM<\/strong> and ended at 7:30 AM<\/strong>. To find out how long that is:\n
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    • From 6:40 AM to 7:00 AM = 20 minutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • From 7:00 AM to 7:30 AM = 30 minutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Total time = 20 minutes + 30 minutes = 50 minutes<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Convert minutes into hours:<\/strong> Since pay is given per hour<\/strong>, we need to convert 50 minutes into a fraction of an hour.\n
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      • 50 minutes \u00f7 60 minutes = 5\/6 hour<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Calculate the earnings:<\/strong> Jerry earns $6 per hour<\/strong>.\n
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        • So, for 5\/6 of an hour: Earnings=6\u00d756=$5.00\\text{Earnings} = 6 \\times \\frac{5}{6} = \\boxed{\\$5.00}<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
          \n\n\n\n

          Final Answer: Jerry earned $5.00<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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          300-Word Explanation:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

          To determine Jerry\u2019s earnings, we need to understand the relationship between time worked and the hourly wage. Jerry walked a dog starting at 6:40 AM and ended at 7:30 AM. This span of time is not a full hour, so the first step is to determine how many minutes he worked. From 6:40 to 7:00 AM is 20 minutes, and from 7:00 to 7:30 AM is another 30 minutes. Adding these gives us a total of 50 minutes of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Because he is paid per hour, we must convert 50 minutes into a fraction of an hour. There are 60 minutes in one hour, so 50 minutes is equal to 50 \u00f7 60 = 5\/6 of an hour. This fraction tells us how much of an hour Jerry worked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Next, we multiply this time by his hourly wage. Jerry earns $6 for every full hour of work. Since he worked 5\/6 of an hour, we multiply:
          6 \u00d7 5\/6 = 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          This means Jerry earned $5.00 for walking the dog for 50 minutes. Even though he didn\u2019t complete a full hour, he still earns a proportionate amount based on the time worked. This method ensures fair payment for time and labor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Understanding how to convert time and calculate partial wages is a practical math skill. It is useful for jobs that are billed hourly and helps ensure accurate payments whether someone works a full hour or only a part of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          Jerry walked a dog from 6:40 am to 7:30 am one day. If he was paid at the rate of $6 per hour, how much did he earn that day? Show work. The Correct Answer and Explanation is: Step-by-Step Solution: Final Answer: Jerry earned $5.00 300-Word Explanation: To determine Jerry\u2019s earnings, we need to understand […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-224540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224540\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}