Manny hiked 6 2/5 miles along a mountain trail. He stopped to climb a lookout tower 1/4 of the way along his hike. How many miles did manny hike before he stopp

Question

Manny hiked 6 2/5 miles along a mountain trail. He stopped to climb a lookout tower 1/4 of the way along his hike. How many miles did manny hike before he stopped to climb the lookout tower?

Answer 1

We are finding 1/4 of 6 2/5

 

Change 6 2/5 to a improper fraction 32/5

 

Now find 1/4 of 32/5 by multiplying

 

1/4 x 32/5

 

The 4 reduces the 32 to an 8

 

We have 8/5 as our answer or 1 3/5 miles

Answer 2

Your question is simply:  What is 1/4 of 6 2/5 ?

OF means multiply

 

(1/4)(6 2/5) = 1/4(32/5) = 8/5 = 1 3/5 miles

Answer 3

If you mean that you want one fourth of the total distance (one way, 6.4 miles), then just do the division 6.4 ÷ 4.

 

BTW: was the 6.4 miles the length of the trail, one way?  what did he do when he got to the end of the trail? If he took a taxi, fine, otherwise, did he hike back another 6.4 miles?