In a charity triathlon, Mark ran half the distance and swam a quarter of the distance. When he took a quick break to get a drink of Gatorade, he was just starting to bike the remaining 24 miles. What was the total distance of the race?

i think there was a typo. you wrote pat brings 3 quarts of ice-cream to the party. each serving of ice-cream is 1 6 quart. how many total servings of ice-cream does pat bring to the party? i think the bold is supposed to be 1/6. so 1 quart of ice cream = 6 servings. 6 * 3 = 18.