Question

Note: Enter your answer and show all the steps that you use to solve this problem in the space provided. Mrs. Walters drove 160 miles on 5 gallons of gas. How many gallons of gas will she need to travel 256 miles?

Answer 1

Mrs.Walters will need 8 gallons of gas.

Explanation:

First you should find how much miles she can travel with one gallon of gas, so it will be easier. In order to do that you will have to do

160 / 5 and you will get 32.

That shows how much miles she can travel with one gallon of gas.

To figure out how much gas is needed for 256 miles you have to do:

256 / 32 which is 8

You divide because with one gallon of gas you can travel 32 miles.