Question

Selena walks from home to school each morning and back home each afternoon.altogether , she walks 2/3 mile each day . How far does Selena live from school?

Answer 1

One days trip of to school from home and back home from school is 2/3 of a mile. We want to know how far it is to school from her house.

To solve this, we simply need to take half of the total distance (2/3)

$\frac{2}{3} / 2$

Next, we need to turn the 2 into a fraction. Every whole number can be made into a fraction by putting it over 1.

$\frac{2}{3} / \frac{2}{1}$

Because we are dividing, we need to invert the second fraction and then multiply.

$\frac{2}{3} * \frac {1}{2}$

Next, we multiply the top of the first fraction by the top of the second and the bottom of the first fraction by the bottom of the second.

$\frac{2}{6}$

Once you reduce, you get:

$\frac{1}{3}$