Question

2. Sarah is training for a triathlon. She is planning her training schedule and wants to know how much she should run each week. Her choices are to run 2 ¼ miles three times each week or she can run 1 ¾ miles five times each week. She wants to choose the option with the longest total distance. Which option should she choose? Explain your thinking in numbers and words.

Answer 1

Answer: She should run 1 1/3 miles 5 times a week.

Step-by-step explanation: I converted 3/4 to a decimal to have 1.75 and I multiplied it by 5 because that is how many times she will be running 1.75 miles in a week, I got 8.75. So that means if she runs 1.75 miles for 5 days she will run a total of 8.75 miles. Then I converted 1/4 into a decimal and now have 2.25, then I multiplied 2.25 by 3 and got 6.75. So I saw that 8.75 is greater than 6.75,

So the correct answer is: she should run 1 3/4 miles 5 times a week