Question

Greg’s house is 0.8 miles from the library. So far, Greg has walked 5/6 of the distance. How many miles has he walked in fraction form.

Answer 1

Greg has walked
`(2)/(3)` miles

Solution:

Given that, Greg’s house is 0.8 miles from the library

Distance between house and library = 0.8 miles

Greg has walked
`(5)/(6)` of the distance

Therefore,

Distance walked =
`(5)/(6)` of the distance between house and library

Here "of" means multiplication

Thus we get,

`\text{Distance walked } = (5)/(6) \text{ of } 0.8`

`\rightarrow (5)/(6) * 0.8 = (5)/(6) * (8)/(10)\\\\\text{Simplify the above fraction by reducing to lowest terms }\\\\\rightarrow (5)/(6) * (8)/(10)=(2)/(3)`

Thus Greg has walked
`(2)/(3)` miles