Susan's mother filled her car's gas tank at the gas station. She bought 48.3 L, and her bill was $37.43. What was the price of the gas in cents for each litre? Explain your answer.

Do you think you should

add?
subtract?
multiply?
divide?

Does your answer make sense?

@Ms. Sue. The problem is, I don't know which operation I should do. I cant think straight right now

Try all four methods.

You want cents / liter

77.5

To find the price of gas in cents per liter, we need to divide the total cost by the number of liters. Here's how we can do that:

1. Start by converting the total cost from dollars to cents. Since there are 100 cents in a dollar, we can multiply the total cost by 100.
- The total cost is $37.43, so multiplying by 100 gives us 3743 cents.

2. Next, divide the total cost in cents by the number of liters purchased. In this case, the number of liters is 48.3.
- Divide 3743 cents by 48.3 liters to get the price per liter.

3. Perform the division: 3743 cents ÷ 48.3 liters = 77.386 cents/liter.

Therefore, the price of gas is approximately 77.386 cents for each liter.