Question

Belle walks 7/10 mile each morning and 1 4/10 miles each evening. How many miles does she walk in 5 days?

Answer 1

10.5 miles

Explanation:

(7/10 x 5) + (1 4/10 x 5) = 10.5 miles

Answer 2

Answer: 10.5 miles

Explanation:

Find out how many miles she walks in a day by adding the two fractions together:

`(7)/(10)` +
`1(4)/(10)`, you can re-write the second fraction in a non-simplified way by multiplying the denominator (10) by the number 1 and then adding the numerator (4) to that getting you
`(14)/(10)` so we can substitute that in for our second fraction and add them together like this:

`(7)/(10) + (14)/(10) = (21)/(10)`

so that is how many miles they walk in a day. To get how many miles they walk in 5 days multiply that by 5:

`(21)/(10) x (5)/(1) = (105)/(10)`

we can simplify the fraction. To do so we see how many times 105 can be divided by 10. Which is 10 times leaving a remainder of 5. So the simplified version would be:

`10(5)/(10)`

`(5)/(10)` can be simplified down even more (not sure if you need to do this or not):

`10(1)/(2) miles`