Question

Greg’s house is 0.8 miles from the library. So far, Greg has walked 5/6 of the distance. How many miles has he walked in fraction form.

Answer 1

Greg has walked $\frac{2}{3}$ miles

Solution:

Given that, Greg’s house is 0.8 miles from the library

Distance between house and library = 0.8 miles

Greg has walked $\frac{5}{6}$ of the distance

Therefore,

Distance walked = $\frac{5}{6}$ of the distance between house and library

Here "of" means multiplication

Thus we get,

$\text{Distance walked } = \frac{5}{6} \text{ of } 0.8$

$\rightarrow \frac{5}{6} \times 0.8 = \frac{5}{6} \times \frac{8}{10}\\\\\text{Simplify the above fraction by reducing to lowest terms }\\\\\rightarrow \frac{5}{6} \times \frac{8}{10}=\frac{2}{3}$

Thus Greg has walked $\frac{2}{3}$ miles