Question

Mr. Anderson drove 522 miles to his brother's house in Ohio on 15.35 gallons of gas. Find the mileage per gallon for Mr. Anderson. (6.RP.2.c)

1 answer

To find the mileage per gallon for Mr. Anderson, you can use the formula:

\[ \text{Mileage per gallon} = \frac{\text{Total miles driven}}{\text{Total gallons of gas used}} \]

In this case, Mr. Anderson drove 522 miles on 15.35 gallons of gas. Plugging in these values:

\[ \text{Mileage per gallon} = \frac{522 \text{ miles}}{15.35 \text{ gallons}} \approx 34.0 \text{ miles per gallon} \]

Therefore, Mr. Anderson's mileage is approximately 34.0 miles per gallon.