Question

Last week Macy ran 4 times as many miles as Jackson. They ran a total of 20 miles. How many miles did Macy run? how many morr miles did Macy run than Jackson

Answer 1

Macy 5 miles because she ran 4 times more than Jackson in relation to Jackson ran 5 mile, this problem can oftenly be seen as
$j = 20 \div 4$
which would end up in the answer being 5 which is the right answer while someone else can see it as
$j = 20 - 4$
which would equal 16 which is incorrect because the problem didn't say that Jackson ran one mile nor 4 miles which would be 4*4 or 16 when the correct answer is 20/4=5 because 4*5=20