Question

the distance between two schools is 156 kilometers. There are about 8 kilometera in 5 miles . which measurement is closets to the number of miles between these two schools?

Answer 1

To find out how many miles are between the schools we first divide the kilometers by 8 and then multiply the result by 5.

$\frac{156}{8}=19.5$

now we multiply by 5,

$19.5\cdot5=97.5$

Therefore there are 97.5 miles between the schools.