Question

"After a parade, a group of volunteers is helping to pick up the trash along a 2-mile stretch of a road. The group decides to divide the length of the road so that each volunteer is responsible for cleaning up equal-length sections."

How long should each volunteer's section of the road be if there are 8 volunteers?

a) 0.5 miles
b) 0.25 miles
c) 0.125 miles
d) 0.0625 miles

Answer 1

Each volunteer should be responsible for cleaning up a 0.25-mile section of the 2-mile stretch of road, as 2 miles divided by 8 volunteers equals 0.25 miles per volunteer.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student's question relates to dividing a 2-mile stretch of road into equal parts for 8 volunteers to clean up after a parade. To solve this, divide the total length of the road by the number of volunteers:

Total length of road = 2 miles
Number of volunteers = 8

Length per volunteer = Total length of road ÷ Number of volunteers

Length per volunteer = 2 miles ÷ 8

Length per volunteer = 0.25 miles

Therefore, each volunteer's section of the road would be 0.25 miles long, corresponding to option b).