Calculating Your Gas Mileage The Easy Way
Calculating your gas mileage is easy. Follow these steps and you will be able to calculate your own gas mileage each time you fill up the tank.
The first thing you need to do is to calculate how many miles you drove since you're the last time you filled up your tank. The next thing you need to do is figure out the amount of gas you used. The last thing you will do is estimate your gas mileage, using some very basic math. The only supplies that are required are a piece of paper, a pencil or pen, and a calculator.
Step 1: Completely fill-up your gas tank.
Step 2: Before you leave the gas station, you need to reset your trip odometer to "0" (zero). If you don't know how to do that, or if you don't have a trip odometer, then you need to write down your car's total miles and save the piece of paper you write it on.
Step 3: You should drive your car as you normally would on a daily basis.
Step 4: Fill your gas tank completely full.
Step 5: Now you need to calculate the number of miles you have driven since between fill-ups. If you reset your trip odometer (in Step2), check it now for this number. If you wrote down your vehicle's mileage in Step 2, subtract it from the current total mileage of your vehicle. Write down the number you get because this is the number of miles you have driven between fill-ups.
NOTE: Keep in mind that most of the time, the number you write down in step 5 should be between 100-500 miles. If you've driven a lot more or a lot less, there might be a problem with your math (or you're getting really good mileage).
Step 6: Now that you know how far you've driven since your last fill-up, it's time to figure out how much gas you've used. This is easy - just look at the gas pump. You'll see exactly how many gallons of gas you just put in your car - that's the amount of gas you used since your last fill-up. Make sure to write down the amount of gas you used, and make sure to include the numbers after the decimal point.
Step 7: Using your calculator, divide the number of miles you've driven by the number of gallons of gas you just bought. The resulting number is your gas mileage!
For a truck or large SUV, your gas mileage will probably be between 12 and 20. For a small SUV or a large car, your gas mileage will probably be between 18 and 25. For a compact or mid-sized car, your gas mileage will probably be between 25 and 35. For a scooter, your gas mileage will be so good that you probably won't even need to calculate it. If the number you came up with for your gas mileage is considerably more or less than what is listed above, there may be a problem with your math or with your car.
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