Question

The Garzas have a kiddie pool and an adult swimming pool in their backyard. The kiddie pool is 7 feet long. The adult swimming pool is 42 feet long. How many times as long as the kiddie pool is the adult swimming pool?

Answer 1

Given:

The kiddie pool is 7 feet long. The adult swimming pool is 42 feet long.

To find:

How many times as long as the kiddie pool is the adult swimming pool?

Solution:

Let adult swimming pool is x times the kiddie swimming pool.

$42=x\times 7$

$42=7x$

Divide both sides by 7.

$\dfrac{42}{7}=\dfrac{7x}{7}$

$6=x$

Therefore, adult swimming pool is 6 times the kiddie swimming pool.