Question

A car can drive 50 miles on 3 gallons of gas. How many gallons of gas are needed for the car to travel 150 miles?

Answer 1

9 gallons

Explanation:

if a car drives 50 miles on 3 gallons of gas.
then 50 miles × 3 =150 miles.

[50 miles on 3 gallons
+ 50 miles on 3 gallons
+50 miles on 3 gallons
___________________
=150miles on 9 gallons

Answer 2

Answer: 9 gallons of gas

Explanation:

Since it takes 3 gallons of gas to drive 50 miles, we can divide the number of miles its asking for by the number of miles per 3 gallons of gas

150/50= 3

Multiply this value by 3 gallons to get the amount needed to travel 150 miles.

3*3=9

9 gallons of gas