How do you define a variable and write an expression for each phrase: the number of gallons in q quarts?

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Answer 1 · 2016-04-13T09:29:53

#=>g=q/4#

See explanation.

I gallon is 'worth' 4 quarts

Let the number of gallons be #g#
Let the number of quarts be #q#

To find the number of gallons we need to count the quantity of 4's there are in the count of quarts.

#=> g=q -: 4#

Or you can write

#=>g=q/4#