Question

The tank on Mr. Ramiras’ car holds 15 gallons of gasoline. If he gets 28.5 miles per gallon, how far can he travel on a full tank of gas?

Answer 1

427.5 miles of gas

Explanation:

This problem will require using multiplication to determine the distance in total.

We can multiply amount of gas car can hold times the miles per gallon to find the total distance.

Create an equation.

amount of gas car can hold * miles per gallon = distance

Solve by inputting numbers.

15 * 28.5 = 427.5

Answer 2

distance = 427.5 miles

Explanation:

We can determine the distance by multiplying the miles per gallon by the number of gallons.

distance = mpg * gallons

distance = 28.5 mpg * 15 gallons

distance = 427.5 miles