You ride your bike 2½ miles from your house to school. In the first 5 minutes, you ride ¾ mile. In the next 5 minutes you ride ⅝ mile. How far are you from the school in 10 minutes?
Quite simple really!
Add your first 5 minutes "ride" (3/4) and your second "ride''(5/8)
3/4 + 5/8 = 1.375
So in 10 minutes, the dude on the bike went 1.375 miles.
if the school is 2.5 (2 and a half...) miles away, from here you simple subtract
2.5 total mines MINUS the 1.375 miles you already rode.
Gives you an answer of 1.125 miles left!
Quite simple really!
Add your first 5 minutes "ride" (3/4) and your second "ride''(5/8)
3/4 + 5/8 = 1.375
So in 10 minutes, the dude on the bike went 1.375 miles.
if the school is 2.5 (2 and a half...) miles away, from here you simple subtract
2.5 total mines MINUS the 1.375 miles you already rode.
Gives you an answer of 1.125 miles left!
