Question

A car gets 24 miles per gallon of gas. How many gallons of gas would the car
need in order to travel 144 miles?

Answer 1

6 is the answer

because

24 miles in one gallon of gas

and we should find for 144 gallons

24miles--------------- 1 gallon

144miles--------------- ?

cross multiplication=   144×1÷24        

that equals to 6                      

Answer 2

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• Given : A car goes 24 miles per one gallon of gas.

• To Find : No. of gallons the car would take in order to travel 144 miles.

24 miles → 1 gallon.

114 miles → Multiplication of 144 miles with one gallon, and then dividing it with 24 miles.

That is,

114 miles = $\frac{ 114 \times 1 }{24}$

$\frac{114}{24}$

= 6 gallons.

Hence, the car needs 6 gallons of gas in order to travel 144 miles.