Question

Jacob traveled 171 miles in 3.8 hours. He wants to know how many miles he traveled in one hour, so he set up this problem:

171 divided by 3.8

Jacob started by multiplying the divisor and the dividend by 10. This is the new problem:

1710 divided by 38

Use long division to find the quotient.


0.45
4.5
45
450

Answer 1

The answer is 45


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Answer 2

Jacob traveled 4.5 miles