Question

A painter designs a mural with the shape shown below. One pint of paint will cover 50 square feet. How many whole pints of paint will the painter need to paint the mural?

Answer 1

You need the total of square feet of the mural before you can divide 50 square feet to it and get your answer of how many pints of paint you will need.

For example.

Mural size is 2800 square feet

1 pint per 50 square feet

Work out problem.

2800 square feet ÷ 50 square feet= ?

= 56 pints of paint