A motorcycle can travel 60 miles per gallon. Approximately how many gallons of fuel will the motorcycle need to travel 40 km?

[1 mile = 1.6 km]

0.04
0.08
0.20
0.42

Question

A motorcycle can travel 60 miles per gallon. Approximately how many gallons of fuel will the motorcycle need to travel 40 km?

[1 mile = 1.6 km]

0.04
0.08
0.20
0.42

danjs · Answer

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danjs · Answer

40 km at 1 mile is 1.6 km and 60 miles to 1 gallon

anonymous · Answer

oh

danjs · Answer

$$\frac{ 40 ~km }{ 1 }*\frac{ 1~mi }{ 1.6~km }*\frac{ 1~gallon }{ 60~mi } = $$

danjs · Answer

notice the units km and mi, cancel and you are left with gallons

anonymous · Answer

sooo how many gallons would tht  be?

danjs · Answer

40 / (1.6*60)  = 40  / 96   =  about 0.41666 or 0.42

anonymous · Answer

ok thank youu!!