How to Calculate Fuel Mileage

Have you ever wondered how much fuel you used to get to your destination? Or perhaps wondered how much fuel would be required to reach a specific destination? Fuel gauges can tell you how much fuel you use, but rarely specify how much fuel was used per mile. This article will enable you to calculate exactly how much fuel you used (or would have to use) to reach your destination.

Instructions

1. Determine the number of miles traveled. For example, suppose that you traveled a total distance of 208 miles.

2. Determine the amount of fuel used to travel that number of miles. Assume that the vehicle consumed 10.4 gallons of fuel to travel the 208 miles.

3. Divide the number of miles traveled by the number of gallons used to determine how many miles the vehicle traveled on 1 gallon of gas. Here, 208 miles divided by 10.4 is 20. Thus, the vehicle used 1 gallon to travel 20 miles.

Tips & Warnings

• Note that the rate at which fuel is consumed varies depending on whether the vehicle is traveling on surface streets or on freeways. Slower speeds generally result in better mileage.