Question

Megan ran 9/12 of a mile and skips a 12th of a mile around the track how far around the track did Megan go in total use the benchmarks fraction 1/2 1 and 0 to help you estimate each answer before you solve

Answer 1

She went a total of 5/6 of a mile around the track

Explanation:

Here, we want to calculate the distance around the track travelled

From the question, we are told that she ran 9/12 of a mile and skipped 1/12

So the total distance covered will be;

9/12 + 1/12 = 10/12 = 5/6