Speedy Wiggins cycles to school, a journey that takes $$30$$ minutes at $$12$$mph.  How far does he travel to school? 
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Cycling at $$12$$ mph, Speedy would go $$12$$ miles in an hour. So in $$30$$ minutes he cycles $$12$$ miles $$\div2 = 6$$ miles. 