Question

Jodi's car used 12 gallons of gas to travel 456 miles. How many miles did her car travel per gallon of gas? Show your work. Answer: miles per gallon

Answer 1

The number of miles her car travel per gallon of gas is 38 miles per 1 gallon of gas

Explanation:

Given

Size of Gas = 12 gallon of gas

Distance = 456 miles

Calculating the number of miles her car travel per gallon of gas.

This in calculated by distance/size of gas

By substituton, it becomes

Number of miles = 456 miles/12 gallons ------ divide

Number of miles = 38 miles / gallon.

Hence, the number of miles her car travel per gallon of gas is 38 miles per 1 gallon of gas