Question

Carlton runs 3 miles each day from Monday through Friday. He runs 5 miles on Saturday and 5 miles on Sunday. He calculates that he will run 900 miles total in 41 weeks.

Answer 1

Carlton is incorrect because if you multiply 3 miles by the 5 weekdays, you get 15miles. If you add that to the 10miles Carlton runs over Saturday and Sunday, you end up with 25miles. Then, you multiply 25miles by 41weeks and get 1,025miles over the course of the 41 weeks.

Answer 2

Carlton would have actually run 1025 miles and not 900 in 41 weeks.

Explanation:

Total miles run by Carlton in one week includes 3 miles per day for five days ( Monday to Friday) and 5 miles per day for two days(Saturday and Sunday).

So the total miles in a week = 3 * 5 + 5 * 2 = 15 + 10 = 25

In 41 weeks, he would have run 41* 25 miles = 1025 miles

But as per Carlton's calculation, he would have run only 900 miles.

So we can conclude that Carlon's calculation is less than the actual number of miles run by 125.