How to calculate Miles Per Gallon

Interested in calculating how many miles per gallon your vehicle can get? Just follow a few easy steps and you'll have it.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Paper and pen
• A calculator

1. Have a paper and pen handy in your car when your at the pump. Now just fill your tank.

2. Collecting the info. Record ,in order, the date, the current odometer reading and how many gallons that you pumped. Repeat this step a couple more times that you go to the gas station to get a good average of numbers.

3. The Math. Pull out the calculator and get ready... Subtract the second odometer reading from the first to find out how many miles were traveled from the last time you were at the pump. Use this number in the next step.

4. Now that you have the miles traveled, simply divide by how many gallons it took to refill the tank. The result will be your car's average Miles Per Gallon yield for that driving period. Like mentioned above, continue these steps a few more times to get a solid average. Good Luck!

Tips & Warnings

• If you'd like to calculate your average cost per gallon, simply divide total money spend by the number of gallons you pumped into your car.
• Don't talk on your cell phone while pumping your gas :)