Question

Hannah's car used of a tank of gas to 5/6 cross Arizona. The gas tank on her car hold 15 1/2 gallons . ABOUT how many gallons did it take to cross Arizona ? (Round to the nearest whole number )

Answer 1

13 gallons

Explanation:

5/6 of a tank of gas to cross Arizona

Gas tank of her car = 15 1/2 gallons

ABOUT how many gallons did it take to cross Arizona

It takes 5/6 of 15 1/2 gallons of gas to cross to Arizona

5/6 of 15 1/2

= 5/6 × 31/2

= 155/12

= 12.92 gallons

Approximately to the nearest whole number is 13 gallons

Therefore, it takes 13 gallons of gas out of 15 1/2 gallons to cross to Arizona