SOLUTION: Arthur walks six blocks east and then 12 blocks north. If each block is one-third of a mile, how many miles did he walk?

Question 251265: Arthur walks six blocks east and then 12 blocks north. If each block is one-third of a mile, how many miles did he walk?
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Arthur walks six blocks east and then 12 blocks north.

If each block is one-third of a mile, how many miles did he walk?

If one block is 1/3 of a mile, do you see that....
two blocks are 1/3 + 1/3?
Three blocks would be: 1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3.

You can keep adding like that but a faster way to do this is to multiply. You can ask yourself: How many "one-thirds" did he walk?

Well, he walked six blocks east, so that is 6 times 1/3.
He also walked 12 blocks north, so that is 12 times 1/3.

Let's make that an equation:

+ = ???
2 + 4 = 6

Therefore, he walked six miles.

I hope this helps you. :-)
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