Goal: Think like a mathematician! Identify quantities and relationships in problem situations.
Joey’s father stops at the gas station to buy gas. The car has a 16-gallon tank, and the fuel gauge says there is 3/8 of a tank of gas. Joey’s father buys 6 gallons of gas. [What fraction of the gas tank is empty after Joey’s father puts 6 gallons of gas in the tank?]
Source: Connected Mathematics Project (CMP) Bits and Pieces I
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