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Question

Emily's school is 4 miles away from her home. She goes by car to school and back. The car consumed 3 gallons of fuel in 5 days taking her to school and back.

How many miles can she travel per gallon of fuel? Round to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

Since you're looking for miles per gallon, you'll want to divide the number of miles by the number of gallons.

 

Number of miles:

4 miles per leg × 2 legs per day = 8 miles per day

8 miles per day × 5 days = 40 miles total

 

Number of gallons:

3 gallons total

 

40 miles / 3 gallons = 13.3 miles per gallon