Question

Lydia is painting flower vases. Each vase takes 3⁄16 of a quart of paint. She has 2 1⁄2 quarts of paint. How many flower vases can she paint?

Answer 1

She can paint 13 vases completely and 1/3rd of 14th vase in 2 1/2 quarts of paint.

Explanation:

Quart of paint for 1 vase = 3/16

Total paint in Quart with Lydia = 2 1/2 = 2 + 1/2 = 5/2

No of flower she can paint = Total paint ÷ paint for 1 vase

= 5/2 ÷ 3/16 = 5/2×16/3 = 40/3

= 13 1/3

hence She can paint 13 vases completely and 1/3rd of 14th vase in 2 1/2 quarts of paint.