Question

A house painter finds that he needs 20 minutes to set up his equipment before painting and then 5 minutes for every square foot that he paints. How many hours will he need to allow to paint an 800 square foot area?

Answer 1

to answer this question you need to add 20 minutes to 5 times 800, which equals 4020, then you divide 4020 by 60 and your answer is 67!