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Title: quick mathsy question
Post by: TDi90 on February 16, 2007, 21:27:03

im not too hot on my maths, i was wondering, what it the miles per gallon of my mums Audi A3 if she used 45 litres over 300 miles.

thank you!

Rob

Title: quick mathsy question
Post by: Yoshi on February 16, 2007, 21:29:54

30mpg

45 litres is 10 gallons, so you divide the 300 by the ammount of gallons :D

there is 4.5 litres to a british gallon, 5 litres to an american one

Title: quick mathsy question
Post by: wheeler on February 16, 2007, 21:32:00

30.33 my guess

Title: quick mathsy question
Post by: blueboar on February 16, 2007, 21:33:41

33mpg sound right

45 liters divided by 5 liters ( 1 gallon)  = 9 gallons

300 divided 9 = 33.33333333333333333333333333333


by the looks of it, I'm wrong.

I am hopeless at maths as well

Title: quick mathsy question
Post by: Buster Brown on February 16, 2007, 21:49:26

4.5 litres to the gallon therefore 30mpg

Title: quick mathsy question
Post by: MK1 on February 16, 2007, 22:05:33

4.54 litre per imperial gallon

45/4.54 = 9.912*gal

300/9.912 = 30.226* mpg

* to three significant places.

Title: quick mathsy question
Post by: v8kenny on February 16, 2007, 23:27:10

Quote from: "MK1"

4.54 litre per imperial gallon

45/4.54 = 9.912*gal

300/9.912 = 30.226* mpg

* to three significant places.

Well if you are not going to work it out more accurately than that, why bother posting  :lol:

Title: quick mathsy question
Post by: Range Rover Blues on February 17, 2007, 02:11:13

I get 30.3

Title: quick mathsy question
Post by: Boggert on February 17, 2007, 08:29:33

I worked it at 30.3, but thats not aying I correct as I am am crap at maths as well, but looking down the list it seems about right.

Title: quick mathsy question
Post by: Frankie-Boy on February 17, 2007, 08:37:46

Here you go, a handy calculator to work it out on, I get it to 30.31mpg.

http://www.geocities.com/mpgcalc/

Title: Re: quick mathsy question
Post by: smo on February 17, 2007, 09:59:35

Quote from: "TD90"

im not too hot on my maths, i was wondering, what it the miles per gallon of my mums Audi A3 if she used 45 litres over 300 miles.

thank you!

Rob

30.3 (give or take) which isnt great...i get 50-51 out of mine :D

Title: quick mathsy question
Post by: MK1 on February 17, 2007, 10:39:54

We have an Ibiza sport with the VAG 1.9 PD 130 fitted, and yes 30 mpg is rather crap even for town driving.

Title: quick mathsy question
Post by: Ben on February 17, 2007, 13:14:29

I've got an Octavia VRS with the 1.8 turbo engine (unleaded), and 30's pretty respectable for a pretty thrashed drive. 34/35 is more likely overall, and I can get to the dizzy heights of 38 if I drive really carefully.

The previous 2 were both VAG TDi 130BHP's (Passat and Golf) and I could get well into the 50's (average) with those if I was careful.

I'm guessing the A3's not a diesel :shock:

Cheers

Ben

Title: quick mathsy question
Post by: MK1 on February 17, 2007, 15:15:44

Quote from: "Ben"

I'm guessing the A3's not a diesel.

Oh yeah, I'm forgetting people still buy petrol VAGs!!!

Title: quick mathsy question
Post by: smo on February 17, 2007, 15:23:11

Quote from: "MK1"

Quote from: "Ben"

I'm guessing the A3's not a diesel.

Oh yeah, I'm forgetting people still buy petrol VAGs!!!

God knows why, the diesels are awsome :)

Title: quick mathsy question
Post by: TDi90 on February 17, 2007, 19:50:44

i know i know. i tried to tell her to get the diesel. but the guy was selling this petrol A3 so cheap! offer mum couldnt miss! cheers for all the help gys.
i knew i could rely on MC for my mathsy needs!

Rob

Title: quick mathsy question
Post by: smo on February 17, 2007, 20:03:51

Quote from: "TD90"

i know i know. i tried to tell her to get the diesel. but the guy was selling this petrol A3 so cheap! offer mum couldnt miss! cheers for all the help gys.
i knew i could rely on MC for my mathsy needs!

Rob

I got my A3 diesel really really cheap 2 weeks back, total bargain for an 03 plate TDi 130, lovely car and i've already put nearly 1500 miles on the clock!

Title: quick mathsy question
Post by: TDi90 on February 17, 2007, 21:19:20

nice one mate. they are great cars arent they?!