← Thinking in Rates · Lesson 2 of 4
The same speed, two ways
Converting between speed and pace is turning the fraction over and fixing the units. 12 kilometres an hour means 60 minutes for 12 kilometres, which is 5 minutes per kilometre.
A treadmill shows speed and a running watch shows pace, so the same run can look like two different numbers. Turning one into the other is a single division.
A treadmill is set to 10 kilometres an hour. What pace is that?
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