Trip walks a total of 12 miles to and from school each week. Lindsey rides her bike a total of 56 miles to and from school each week. Use the greatest common factor and the distributive property to complete the equation and find the total number of miles trip and Lindsey travel to and from school each week
Let's find the greatest common factor of 12 and 56. Listing the factors of 12: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12. Listing the factors of 56: 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 28, 56. The greatest common factor is 4.
Using the distributive property, we can write the equation: 4 * (3 + 14) = 4 * 17 = 68
Therefore, Trip and Lindsey travel a total of 68 miles to and from school each week.