Question

Selena walks from home to school each morning and back home each afternoon.altogether , she walks 2/3 mile each day . How far does Selena live from school?

Answer 1

One days trip of to school from home and back home from school is 2/3 of a mile. We want to know how far it is to school from her house.

To solve this, we simply need to take half of the total distance (2/3)


`(2)/(3) / 2`

Next, we need to turn the 2 into a fraction. Every whole number can be made into a fraction by putting it over 1.


`(2)/(3) / (2)/(1)`

Because we are dividing, we need to invert the second fraction and then multiply.


`(2)/(3) * \frac {1}{2}`

Next, we multiply the top of the first fraction by the top of the second and the bottom of the first fraction by the bottom of the second.


`(2)/(6)`

Once you reduce, you get:


`(1)/(3)`