How To Calculate Gas Mileage
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If you want to calculate your gas mileage, you can very easily. Each time you fill up, you can figure out your own gas mileage.
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: Push the trip odometer in your vehicle so that resets to zero. If you can't for whatever reason, then you can just write down the total mileage of your vehicle on the piece of paper.
Step 3: You should drive your car as you normally would on a daily basis.
Step 4: When the tank is almost empty, fill it back up with gas.
Step 5: Figure out how many miles you've driven since your last fill-up. You can look at your trip odometer for the answer, or you can figure out how far you've driven using the scrap of paper from step 2 and your calculator. Write down that mileage and go to the next step.
NOTE: The number you get in step 5 will be between 100-500 miles. If it isn't, there is most likely a problem with your math. Either that or you are getting excellent gas mileage.
Step 6: Next you need to figure out how much gas you have used between fill-ups. To do this, all you have to do is to look at the pump. The number of gallons on the gas pump is how much gas you used between fill-ups. Write down the number of gallons with a few numbers after the decimal point on the piece of paper.
Step 7: Now get out your calculator. Divide the number in step 5 by the number in step 6. This divides the number of miles driven by the number of gallons of gas between fill-ups. The number you get 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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