K kukie New member Joined Oct 25, 2006 Messages 1 Oct 25, 2006 #1 Mina ran 3/5 of a cross-country course. If she ran 6km, how long is the course? Thanks for your help, kukie
Mina ran 3/5 of a cross-country course. If she ran 6km, how long is the course? Thanks for your help, kukie
D Denis Senior Member Joined Feb 17, 2004 Messages 1,700 Oct 25, 2006 #2 Re: Fraction Word Problem kukie said: Mina ran 3/5 of a cross-country course. If she ran 6km, how long is the course? Click to expand... 6 is 3/5th of WHAT? Let w = WHAT; then 6 = 3w/5 ; OK?
Re: Fraction Word Problem kukie said: Mina ran 3/5 of a cross-country course. If she ran 6km, how long is the course? Click to expand... 6 is 3/5th of WHAT? Let w = WHAT; then 6 = 3w/5 ; OK?
stapel Super Moderator Staff member Joined Feb 4, 2004 Messages 16,550 Oct 25, 2006 #3 kukie said: Mina ran 3/5 of a cross-country course. If she ran 6km, how long is the course? Click to expand... If 6 is three parts of the whole, how much is one part? (Hint: Divide.) Since the whole has five parts, how much then is the whole? (Hint: Multiply.) Eliz.
kukie said: Mina ran 3/5 of a cross-country course. If she ran 6km, how long is the course? Click to expand... If 6 is three parts of the whole, how much is one part? (Hint: Divide.) Since the whole has five parts, how much then is the whole? (Hint: Multiply.) Eliz.
