You Asked: Why do gas prices include 9/10 of a cent? - Daily Leader

You Asked: Why do gas prices include 9/10 of a cent? - Daily Leader

You Asked: Why do gas prices include 9/10 of a cent? Answer: The strange pricing is a holdover of a Great Depression law. When you fill up your gas tank, you have probably noticed the price per gallon always ends in 9/10 of a cent — such as $2.589 instead of $2.58. Gas is pretty much the only commodity with that kind of pricing, and pennies are going the way of the dinosaur. So how did this odd pricing get started? During the Great Depression, a…