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Maple Street is 4 miles long. There is a house every 1/4 of a mile. How many houses are there on Maple Street?

There are 24 houses on Maple Street.
There are 12 houses on Maple Street.
There are 16 houses on Maple Street.
There are 20 houses on Maple Street.

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Final answer:

To determine the number of houses on a 4-mile-long street with a house every 1/4 mile, divide the length of the street by the distance between houses: 4 miles ÷ 1/4 mile per house equals 16 houses.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student is asking how many houses there would be on a 4-mile-long Maple Street if there is a house every 1/4 of a mile. To find the answer, we divide the total length of the street by the distance between the houses. Since the street is 4 miles long and each house is 1/4 mile apart, we do the following calculation:

4 miles ÷ 1/4 mile per house = 16 houses on Maple Street.

This is because when you divide by a fraction, you are essentially multiplying by its reciprocal. So dividing by 1/4 is the same as multiplying by 4/1 (or simply 4). Therefore, 4 miles times 4 houses per mile equals 16 houses. So, the correct answer is that there are 16 houses on Maple Street.

User Saman Jahangiri
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Answer: There are 16 houses

Step-by-step explanation: Why? Because of the fact that every house is 1/4 house and you can multiply that by every time 1/4x4 then 1/4x4 1/4x4 and 1/4x4 and you have 16 houses.

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