Miles and fractions

Question

Joe is running a 6-mile race on an indoor track. If the track is  of a mile long, how many laps will he have to run to complete the race?

Answer 1

Hello Alex,

One lap of the track covers 1/4 of a mile.

To find how many laps would equal 6 miles, we set up the equation:

 x = 6 

Multiply both sides by 4 ----> 4 * x = 6 * 4 ----> x = 24

So he would have to run 24 laps to complete the race.