The fire department and the police station are one mile apart. Which building is
2
6
of a mile from the fire department?
A number line from zero to one is shown with seven tick marks equally distant from each other. The tick marks are labeled from left to right as follows: the number zero is labeled as the fire department, then the school, flower shop, post office, shopping mall, and gas station. The number one is labeled as the police station.
A.
fire department
B.
flower shop
C.
school
D.
shopping mall
The answer is B. flower shop.
To find 2/6 of a mile from the fire department, we divide one mile by 6 to get the distance between each tick mark on the number line. (1 mile ÷ 6 = 0.1667 miles or approximately 0.17 miles). Then we multiply 2/6 by this distance to get our answer:
(2/6) x 0.17 miles = 0.0567 miles or approximately 0.06 miles
Starting from the fire department on the number line, the flower shop is the tick mark 0.06 miles to the right.