Question

The Diaz Family needed ID gallons of gasoline to fl a truck. In tre morning, they flied the truck with 3 3/8 galon of gasoline. In the afternoon, they filed the truck with another 1 1/3 gallons How much more gasoline is needed to fill the truck?

Answer 1

To find out how much more gasoline is needed to fill the truck, add the amount of gasoline filled in the morning with the amount filled in the afternoon and subtract it from the total amount needed to fill the truck. After calculation, the answer comes to -5 and 3/4 gallons more gasoline.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how much more gasoline is needed to fill the truck, we need to add the amount of gasoline filled in the morning with the amount filled in the afternoon and subtract it from the total amount needed to fill the truck.

1. Add 3 and 3/8 gallons with 1 and 1/3 gallons:
   3 and 3/8 + 1 and 1/3 = 6 and 2/24 + 4/24 = 6 and 6/24 = 6 and 1/4 gallons
2. Subtract the total amount filled (6 and 1/4 gallons) from the total needed to fill the truck:
   1. Convert the total needed to fill the truck to a mixed number: ID gallons = 1 and 3/4 gallons.
   2. Subtract the total filled from the total needed: 1 and 3/4 - 6 and 1/4 = 1 and 3/4 - 6 and 1/4 = 1 - 6 + 3/4 - 1/4 = -5 and 3/4 gallons.

Therefore, the Diaz Family needs -5 and 3/4 gallons more gasoline to fill the truck. This means that they have already overfilled the truck by 5 and 3/4 gallons.