Question

Ten members of Balin's soccer team ran warm ups for practice. Each member ran the same distance. Their combined distance

was

of a mile. To find the distance that each member ran, Balin wrote the expression below.

5:10

Which expression is equivalent to Balin's expression?

Answer 1

10

Explanation:

10

Answer 2

A: 10/12 ÷ 10

5/6 multipled by 2/2 will give you 10/12

5 x 2 = 10

6 x 2 = 12.

Of course you would keep the other numbers in the same places (10 in the numerator, 12 in the denominator.