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If you drove 300 miles and used 20 gallons a gas how many miles to the gallon did you get?
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∙ 10y ago
15 mpg (miles per gallon).
The key to this 'word problem' is understanding that "miles to the gallon" or more commonly, 'miles per gallon', means DIVISION. So, 300 miles per 20 gallons means:
(300 miles) / (20 gallons) = 15 miles per gallon.
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∙ 10y ago
Destiny Whitesides
You just drove your car 350 miles and used 30 gallons of gas. You know that the gas tank on your car holds 1612 gallons of gas. If the gas you buy costs $3.00 per gallon, what would you pay to fill one-half of your tank?
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How many gallons of gas would you need if you drove 900 miles at 30mi per gallon?
30 gallons. Simple really.
The Veder family drove 315.5 miles and used 11.4 gallons of gas How many miles did they get per gallon of gas?
Divide the miles by the gallons used. 315.5/11.4 = 27.6754386
If Max drove his car 389 miles on 18.6 gallons of gas How many miles per gallon did Max's vehicle get to the nearest tenth of a mile per gallon?
20.9 miles per gallon 389 / 18.6 = 20.9140
How many gallons of gas would you need if you drove 555 miles at 20 miles to the gallon?
20mi = 1gal 555mi x (1gal/20mi) = 27.27gal
Walt drove 416 miles using a full tank of gasoline. He wants to find out how many miles per gallon he gets on his car. What additional information does he need?
He needs to know how many gallons the tank holds. Then the can divide the amount of miles by the amount of gallons, to find out how many miles per gallon he gets.
What.. Max drove his car 389 miles on 18.6 gallons of gas. How many miles per gallon did maxs vehicle get to the nearest tenth of a mile?
20.9 mpg
How many miles per gallon to the nearest tenth mile did Max get when drove his car 389 miles on 18.6 gallons of gas?
So you need to divide. Miles per gallon means the miles is in the numerator and gallons is the denominator. You may benefit from this article, which I wrote.
How many gallons of gas to go 870 miles at 22 miles per gallon?
870 miles divided by 22 miles per gallon =gallons 870/22 = 39.5 gallons
How many gallons of gas in 1360 miles at 20 miles per gallon?
1360 miles at 20 miles per gallon = 1360/20 = 168 gallons of gas
How many gallons of gas will it take to go 1700 miles at 13 miles to a gallon?
About 131 gallons.
How many gallons of gas are needed to travel 375 miles if you get 8 miles to the gallon?
46.875 Gallons
How many gallons of gasoline will it take to go 2030 miles at 18 miles a gallon?
113 gallons
