Question

A car uses 1 1/8 gallons of gas to go 13 1/2
miles. What is the rate of miles per gallon?

Answer 1

1 1/8 ga / 13.5 mi = .0833 ga / mi

1 / .0833 ga/mi = 12 mi / ga

or .0833 ga/mi * 13.5 mi = 1.25 ga