A small fishing boat's outboard motor requires a mixture of gasoline and oil for fuel. The mixture called for in the owner's man
ual is 1 gallon of oil for every 50 gallons of gas. If the boat's gas tank holds approximately 6 gallons of gas, approximately how much oil must be added to the gasoline?
3 ounces
9 ounces
15 ounces
24 ounces
3 ounces
9 ounces
15 ounces
24 ounces
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50% is 
We have two ways to do this, pick your favor:
either by fractions:
÷ 
(
Multiply by the reciprocal of which is 2(flip it)
× 2 = 
= 1.25
Or change them to decimals:
= 0.5
0.625 ÷ 0.5
0.5 I 0.625
multiply by 10 to make it easier to divide(it still gives us the same answer)
0.5 × 10 = 5
0.625 × 10 = 6.25
1.25
5 I 6.25
-5
12
-10
25
-25
0
0.625 ÷ 0.5 = 1.25
We have two ways to do this, pick your favor:
either by fractions:
(
Multiply by the reciprocal of
Or change them to decimals:
0.625 ÷ 0.5
0.5 I 0.625
multiply by 10 to make it easier to divide(it still gives us the same answer)
0.5 × 10 = 5
0.625 × 10 = 6.25
1.25
5 I 6.25
-5
12
-10
25
-25
0
0.625 ÷ 0.5 = 1.25