Question

The distance between Rosa's house and her school is 4 1/2 of a mile. She ran 3 mile. What fraction of the distance between her house and her school, did Rosa run?

Answer 1

Rosa ran
`(2)/(3)` of the total distance between her house and her school.

Explanation:

Distance between Rosa's house and her school =
`4(1)/(2)` miles ≈ 4.5 miles

She ran distance = 3 miles

Therefore, fraction of the total distance between her house and school she run =
`\frac{\text{Distance run by Rosa}}{\text{Total distance between her house and school}}`

=
`(3)/(4.5)`

=
`(30)/(45)`

=
`(2)/(3)`

Therefore, Rosa ran
`(2)/(3)` of the total distance between her house and her school.