Question

A car used 1/32 of a gallon of gas to drive ¼ of a mile. At this rate, how many miles can the car travel using 1 gallon of gas?

Answer 1

• 1/32 gallon used to cover 1/4mile

1gallon will be used

• 1/4÷1/32
• 1/4×32
• 1(8)
• 8mi

Answer 2

8 miles using 1 gallon of gas

$\sf \dfrac{1}{32} \ gallon \ gas \rightarrow \dfrac{1}{4} \ mile$

$\sf 1\ gallon \ gas \rightarrow \dfrac{\dfrac{1}{4}}{\dfrac{1}{32}} \ mile$

$\sf 1\ gallon \ gas \rightarrow \dfrac{0.25}{0.03125} \ mile$

$\sf 1\ gallon \ gas \rightarrow 8 \ mile$