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A relay race covers 1 1/2 kilometers, and each runner on a team will rub 1/4 of a kilometers. How many runners are needed for a team?

A relay race covers 1 1/2 kilometers, and each runner on a team will rub 1/4 of a-example-1
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User Rit
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Well I would say that there are .28 runners
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User OzBob
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We need to find how many 1/4 groups are in 1 1/2.
I work better with decimals, so I'll just convert them into decimals. We're dividing to see how many people we need.
1.5÷0.25
6
So, you'll need 6 runners for the relay race.
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