Question

Gas mileage is the number of miles you can drive on a a gallon of gasoline. A test of a new car results in 330 miles on 10 gallons of gas. How far could you drive on 55 gallons of gas? What is the car's gas mileage?

Answer 1

Find the unit rate:

330 miles / 10 gallons = 33 miles per gallon.

Multiply miles per gallon by number of gallons:

33 x 55 = 1,815 total miles.