If little Tommy rode his bike 4.3 miles a day 3 days a week for 5 years delivering newspapers and if he dropped 22.7 newspapers every ¼ mile. How many newspapers did Tommy drop?

Answer 1

Tommy dropped 306,495.4 newspapers.

Answer 2

Tommy rode his bike for a total of (4.3 \text{ miles/day}\times 3 \text{ days/week}\times 52 \text{ weeks/year}\times 5 \text{ years} = 3339 \text{ miles}). If he dropped 22.7 newspapers every ¼ mile, he dropped a total of (3339\text{ miles}\times 4 \text{ newspaper drops/mile}\times 22.7\text{ newspapers/drop} = 303,210.6) newspapers.

Answer 3

281,116.8