1213+campbellkelly

Bill was driving his son to school and he drove one and eight tenths of a mile to and from school. How many miles did Bill drive to school to and from school, but the same amount in both ways? We have one and eight tenths of a mile to put into two equal groups since we need to find out how many miles are in each way equally. (Remember, division is putting things into equal groups.)

We started off with one and eight tenths of a mile and put them into two equal groups. We had to break the 1 mile into ten tenths of a mile since you can't distribuate that into two equal groups unless you break it into smaller pieces. (Ten tenths of a mile equal one whole mile so that is why we broke it into smaller pieces.) And so we get the conclusion of nine tenths of a mile in each way to and from school.