Question

As tish and tan were traveling to their next cross country meet, they followed their progress along on a map. the map showed a scale of one inch equaling 60 miles. Their routes total length on the map is 2 1/2 inches long. how far will they be traveling to the meet?

Answer 1

60 miles = 1 inche

x miles = 2 1/2 inche

$\frac{60\text{ miles}}{x\text{ miles}}\text{ = }\frac{1\text{ inche}}{2\frac{1}{2}\text{inches}}$$\begin{gathered} 60\text{ miles }\times\text{ }\frac{5}{2\text{ }}inches\text{ = 1 inches }\times\text{ x miles} \\ \text{xmiles =150 miles} \end{gathered}$