Question

Tom’s car has 11 1/9 gallons of gas. If he uses 38 of the gas, how much gas does the car have left?

Answer 1

Answer: 6
`(17)/(18)` gallons of gas left in the car

Explanation:

Upon further clarification, this question reads "3/8 of the gas" and not "38 of the gas."

If Tom's car has 11 1/9 gallons of gas, and we want to know how much gas the car will have left if he uses 3/8 of that, we first need to find 3/8 of 11 1/9.

"Of" can usually be written as multiplication.

3/8 of 11 1/9 = 3/8 * 11 1/9 = 4 1/6

Next, we will use subtraction since he uses 4 1/6 gallons of gas.

11 1/9 - 4 1/6 = 6 17/18 gallons