If you read can read 40 pages in 2 hours, how many pages can you read in 5 hours?

You can read 100 pages in 5 hours.

40 pages in 2 hours. We need to get the unit rate. In this case, we need to get the number of pages read in 1 hour.

40 pages : 2 hours = 20 pages per hour.

20 pages per hours * 5 hours = 100 pages.

40pages=2hours

40pages=2hours

40/2=20

20=1hour

40+40+20=100pages