Question

In one month, Claudia rides her favorite bike trail 12 times. She travels a distance of 1,182 km. What is the length of Claudia's favorite bike trail? Write the answer as a simplified mixed number.

Answer 1

Hello!   I am happy to help you.

What you do for this problem is you take the total distance and divide by the times traveled.

1182 / 12 = 98.5.
The trail is 98.5 km long.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

You divide 1182 km by the 12 times she rode the bike, this shows how long one ride on the trail was, which should be = 98.5 km