Question

A water pump can pump 250 gallons from a pool in 5 minutes. How much water can be pumped in 1 minute.

Answer 1

you would divide 250 by 5 and get the result of 50.

50*5= 250

Answer 2

This is basically findind the unit rate :) so if you were to put
$\frac{5}{250}$ and divide the top and bottom by 5, you would get one over 50