Question

Santa planned to run 4.2 miles every day, but yesterday he only had time to run 0.2 of that distance. How far did he run yesterday?

Answer 1

We are told that

Santa planned to run 4.2 miles daily

He only ran 0.2 of the distance yesterday

To find how far he ran yesterday, we will find 0.2 of 4.2 miles

$0.2\times4.2miles$

This means that Santa ran 0.84 miles yesterday