Question

Grayson ran 2 1/2 miles around the track .each lap is 5/6 of a mile .how many laps did Grayson run?

Answer 1

Given:

Number of miles covered = $2\dfrac{1}{2}$

Length of each lap = $\dfrac{5}{6}$ of a mile.

To find:

The number of laps.

Solution:

We know that,

$\text{Number of laps}=\dfrac{\text{Number of miles covered}}{\text{Length of each lap}}$

$\text{Number of laps}=\dfrac{2\dfrac{1}{2}}{\dfrac{5}{6}}$

$\text{Number of laps}=\dfrac{\dfrac{5}{2}}{\dfrac{5}{6}}$

$\text{Number of laps}=\dfrac{5}{2}\times \dfrac{6}{5}$

$\text{Number of laps}=3$

Therefore, Grayson ran 3 laps.