Lin’s goal is to run 5 miles. She ran 1/2 a mile. What fraction of her goal is that?

Mathematics · Middle School · Tue Nov 03 2020

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Given:

Lin’s goal is to run 5 miles. She ran 1/2 a mile.

Determine what fraction of her goal did she ran.

Solution:

in order to determine the fraction of what she have run, we divide the distance she've run from her total goal.

=½ / 5

= 1 / 10

Final answer: 

She only ran 1/10 of her total goal.