A gallon of gas cost 2.13. convert this price to cent per pint

Question

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Answer 1

Here's what we know:

There are four quarts to a gallon.

there are two pints to a quart

4 * 2 = 8, so that means there are eight pints to a gallon.

If $2.13 = 1 gallon, then $2.13 = 8 pints

 

From here, you divide 2.13 by 8 to get a single pint

 

     .26625

  -----------

8|2.13000

   -16

   ------

      53

     -48

    ------

        50

       -48

      -------

          20

         -16

       ---------

           40

          -40

         ------

             0

 

So it costs 26.625¢ per pint