Question

Each lap around a park is 1 1⁄5 miles. Kellyn plans to jog at least 7 1⁄2 miles at the park without doing partial laps. How many laps must Kellyn jog to meet her goal?

Answer 1

She needs to jog 7 laps to make sure she covers at least 7.5 miles

Explanation:

Kelly's goal is to complete 7 1/2 miles which in decimal form is: 7.5 miles.

Each lap around the park is 1 1/5 miles, which in decimal form is written as: 1.2 miles

Then, to find how many laps she needs to complete we do the quotient:

7.5/1.2 = 6.25

which means that she needs a quarter of a lap more than 6 laps, so she needs to go for 7 laps to meet the goal