Question

Twelve running teams are competing in a cross-country race. The race is 3 miles long. Each team has 5 runners. How many runners are in a race?

Answer 1

60 runners

Explanation:

(12 teams)(5 runners/team) = (12·5) runners = 60 runners

There are 60 runners in the cross-country race.

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Second thoughts

Since the wording is "a race" rather than "the race", we wonder if this is a relay race and 12 or fewer runners are running at any given time.