Question

The gas tank in Mr. Mackie’s car holds 15 1/5 gallons of gas. How many gallons of gas are in the tank when it is 1/4 full?

Answer 1

Mr Tanaka used 10 gallons of gas. You find this answer by diving the denominator (3) with the total number of gallons of gas. So 15 divided by 3 is 5. Now you get the number 5, and multiply it by the numerator (2). 5*2 is 10. That is how you find the answer.

Explanation:

Answer 2

there are 3.8 gallons of gas in the tank.

(1/4) x (15 1/5)