"The distance from my house to school is a third of a mile."

Translation: Jarak rumah saya ke sekolah sepertiga mil.

[Rick392366]

The distance from my house to school is a third of a mile.
Meaning: Jarak rumah saya ke sekolah sepertiga mil.

Jarak dari rumah saya ke sekolah adalah sepertiga mil.
= not accepted, reported.

"dari" = from.
This may be optional, but I don't think you can reject it.

"adalah" may be optional as well, but I don't think you can reject it.

If it's not valid, please explain.

[attilagaspar]

I am confused when to use "adalah" and when "ada". I thought they were interchangeable, but these sentences are popping up from time to time when only one of them is accepted.

[Holgast]

adalah means is. ada means there is. they are not interchangeable

[Vince455610]

Jarak dari rumahku ke sekolah adalah sepertiga mil = not accepted, reported.

[Holgast]

what's the difference between sepertiga and ketiga? the hover over usually only has ketiga