Peter walked 8,900 feet from home to school. How far to the nearest tenth of a mile did he walk?

1mile=5,280feet

I got 1.6. Is this correct?

Thank you, so my answer would be 1.7

Close, but not correct.

8,900 / 5280 = 1.6856

Round that to the nearest tenth.

Yes. 1.7

To calculate how far Peter walked in miles, you can divide the distance he walked in feet (8,900 feet) by the conversion factor of 5,280 feet per mile.

Dividing 8,900 feet by 5,280 feet per mile gives us approximately 1.68 miles, not 1.6 miles.

So, the correct answer, to the nearest tenth of a mile, is 1.7 miles.