5th grade math problem

Question

The Robinsons family drove for 4000 miles. This was 1/3 the distance the Jones family drove. How many miles did the Jones family drive?

Answer 1

Robinsons, R, drove for 4000 miles.

Robinsons drove 1/3 of the distance driven by the Jones, J. Which one drove more? The Jones drove more.

That means the Jones drove 3 times more than the Robinsons. 3 times 4000 is 3 x 4 with three zeros added to the end, which is 12000 miles.

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