Maritza's car has 16 gallons of gas in the tank. She uses 3/4 of the gas. How many gallons of gas does Maritza use?

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Find 3/4 of 16.

16 * 3/4

48/4

12

So she uses 12 gallons of gas.

Adam Scot answered Jul 2, 2016

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Well 16 divided by 4 equals: 4. Multiply that by the numerator of 3 and you have your answer:

16÷4=4·3=12

~Hope this helped :)

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