Question

Carla rode her bike to the park she travels at 5 miles per hour for 15 minutes how far did Carla ride her bike

Answer 1

i think its 125 is this on a test ? if so are there any choices

Answer 2

In this question there is a simple trick that needs to be handled first. Baring that simple trick the problem is very easy. The first thing that needs to be done after noting down all the details from the given question is to covert 1 hour to 60 minutes.
Time taken by Carla to travel 5 miles = 1 hour
                                                           = ( 1 * 60 ) minutes
                                                           = 60 minutes
Then
In 60 minutes the distance covered by Carla = 5 miles.
NOw
In 15 minutes the distance traveled by Carla = (5/60) * 15 miles
                                                                       = 5/4 miles
                                                                       = 1.25 miles
So Carla will travel a distance of 1.25 miles in 15 minutes.