Solve this problem. Reduce to lowest terms.
Michelle walks 3 1 half miles a day. How far does she walk in one week if she walks every day?
Select the correct answer.
Question 5 options:
Mathml image miles
Mathml image miles
23 miles
21 miles
To solve this problem, we need to calculate the distance Michelle walks in one day and then multiply it by 7 to find the distance she walks in one week.
Michelle walks 3 1/2 miles a day. To add the whole number and the fraction, we need to find a common denominator. The common denominator for 2 and 2 is 2. Therefore, 3 1/2 can be rewritten as 7/2.
To find the distance Michelle walks in one day, we need to multiply the distance per day by the number of days in a week: 7/2 * 7 = 49/2 = 24 1/2 miles.
Therefore, Michelle walks 24 1/2 miles in one week.
The correct answer is 24 1/2 miles (or Mathml image miles).
To find out how far Michelle walks in one week, we need to determine the total distance she walks per day and then multiply it by 7 (the number of days in a week).
Michelle walks 3 1/2 miles per day.
To convert the mixed number 3 1/2 to an improper fraction, we can multiply the whole number (3) by the denominator of the fraction (2) and then add the numerator (1). This gives us (3 * 2) + 1 = 7.
Therefore, Michelle walks 7/2 miles per day.
To find out how far she walks in one week, we need to multiply this distance by 7.
(7/2) * 7 = 49/2 miles.
To reduce this fraction to lowest terms, we can divide both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which in this case is 1.
Reducing the fraction 49/2 gives us 49/2 miles.
So, Michelle walks a total of 49/2 miles in one week.
The correct answer is "Mathml image miles".
To solve this problem, we need to first convert the mixed number "3 1/2" to an improper fraction.
To do this, we multiply the whole number (3) by the denominator (2) and add the numerator (1). This gives us (3*2 + 1 = 7).
So, "3 1/2" is equivalent to the fraction 7/2.
Now, to find out how far Michelle walks in one week, we multiply the distance she walks each day (7/2 miles) by the number of days in a week (7 days).
Multiplying the fractions gives us: (7/2) * 7 = 49/2 miles.
To reduce this fraction to lowest terms, we need to find the greatest common divisor (GCD) of the numerator (49) and the denominator (2).
The factors of 49 are 1, 7, and 49.
The factors of 2 are 1 and 2.
The only common factor is 1, so the GCD is 1.
To reduce the fraction, we divide both the numerator and denominator by the GCD:
(49/2) ÷ 1 = 49/2 miles.
So, the correct answer is "49/2 miles".