Question

If Pedro buys 7.5 gallons of gas for 28.49 how much does each gallon of gas cost? I need to know the operation like add subtract things like that i need to know the clue words as in how do you know its add or subtract multiplication or divist the equation and answer

Answer 1

is means equals
sum means to add
product means to multiple
quotient means to divide

this is a division because it is asking for cost per gallon and they give you both the total gallons purchased and the total cost
28.49 divided by 7.5 = 3.798 or 3.80 rounded
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