peggy filled her vans gas tank and noted that the odometer read 26342.8 after the next filling, the odometer read 26,736.7 it took 19.5 gallons to fill the tank. how many miles per gallon did the van get??
i can never understand word problems

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peggy filled her vans gas tank and noted that the odometer read 26342.8 after the next filling, the odometer read 26,736.7 it took 19.5 gallons to fill the tank. how many miles per gallon did the van get??
i can never understand word problems

anonymous · Answer

you want the number of miles travelled divided by the number of gallons used

anonymous · Answer

$26,736.7-26342.8 $ is the number of miles travelled.  compute this and then divide the result by 19.5

anonymous · Answer

btw it is almost always the case that "per" mean "divided by" so for example 
miles per gallon means miles divided by gallons,
miles per hour means miles divided by hours
price per pound means dollars divided by pounds 
etc

anonymous · Answer

thank you very much!!
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anonymous · Answer

yw