Jamar A.

asked • 04/20/16

What fraction of the trail are you in charge of cleaning?

You and 5 kids are cleaning a trail. It's 10 miles long. Each person is in charge of cleaning an equal part of the trail. What fraction of the trail are you in charge of cleaning?

Chloe W.

You and 5 kids = 6 kids
6 kids = 6 parts of the trail
 
6 parts      =     10 miles
1 part (you)    =    ? miles 
 
What do we do to 6 to get to 1 (on the left-hand side)?              = divide by 6
What we do to one side, we must do to the other - i.e. divide right-hand side by 6
 
Therefore, 1 part     =      10 divide by 6     =     1 and 2/3 miles
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04/20/16

Dean J.

I think you need to include this as an answer, not a comment, for it to be flagged as answered.
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04/20/16

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