Terry is leaving home to attend college. The drive covers a total distance of 1,000 miles. Terry's car can travel 400 miles on a full tank of gas. How many tanks of gas will Terry's car need for the entire trip?
1tank=400mile
1tank/400miles * 1000mile=2.5tank
To determine how many tanks of gas Terry's car will need for the entire trip, we need to divide the total distance of 1,000 miles by the distance the car can travel on a full tank, which is 400 miles.
To do this, we can use the following formula:
Number of tanks = Total distance / Distance per tank
Substituting the given values:
Number of tanks = 1,000 miles / 400 miles
Calculating the expression:
Number of tanks = 2.5
Since Terry can't have a fraction of a tank, we need to round up to the nearest whole number. Therefore, Terry's car will need a total of 3 tanks of gas for the entire trip.