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The Marcos family went on a 2 week trip to San Diego. They drove 575 miles to get there and 627 miles to return home. In San Diego, they drove 121 miles while sightseeing. Their car can travel an average of 31.5 miles on 1 gallon of gas. If the car's gas tank can hold 14 gallons of gas, how many tanks of gas did they use on vacation?
Find how many miles total: 575+627+121 = 1,323 miles
Find how many gallons they used total: 1323÷31.5=42
Divide the number of gallons used by the number of gallons in a full tank of gas: 42 ÷ 14 = 3 full tanks
ANSWER: 3 full tanks