Question

Mike roland traveled 10,850 miles. his ford truck averaged 16 miles per gallon. assuming a gallon of gas cost $2.10, what was mike's gasoline cost for the trip?

Answer 1

We should first divide the miles Mike drove with the numbers of mile per gallon to find out how many gallons of gas he needs
10850/16 equals to 678.125
Mike needs 678 gallons of gas
678.125 multiplied by the cost of one gallon of gas
678 ×210 equals to 142406.25
Mike gasoline cost for the trip was $142406.25

P.S Oh my gosh that is a huge amount of money to use and buy gas, like seriously

Answer 2

Always be careful of decimal placement.

First, you take 10,850 and divide it by 16.

Your answer should be 678.125

Your next step is to MULTIPLY 678.125 by 2.10 (two-dollars and ten cents not TWO-HUNDRED AND TEN)

The correct answer should be 1,424.0625 or 1,424.06