Question

Yesterday, Jack drove 39 1/2 miles. He used 1 1/4 gallons of gasoline. What is the unit rate for miles per gallon?

The unit is __ miles per gallon

Answer 1

31.6 or 31 6/10 or 31 3/5

Explanation:

39.5/1.25 = 31.6

Jack gets 31.6 miles per gallon.

.25 = 1/4

.5 = 1/2