Question

The odometer on Brittani's car read 5,412 miles when she filled up her car with gas this morning. Then Brittani drove to Cleveland to visit her parents. When she stopped to gas up again, the odometer read 5,844 miles, and Brittani put 16 gallons of gas in the car. How many miles per gallon did her car get? Show your work.

Answer 1

started 5412 miles
ended 5844 miles
so you want to know how many miles youtravelled

5844-5412=432miles

you used 16 gallons in 432 miles
you want to know miles per gallon
so
miles/gallons

432/16=27
so you travelled 27 miles per gallon