Question

Jayla paints a book case. She uses 1 5/6 cups of paint on the outside of the book case and 3/8 cup of paint on the inside. How many cups of paint does Jayla use altogether

Answer 1

Answer: Kayla used 2&5/24 cups of paint all together.

Explanation:

Kayla paints a bookcase by using

1 5/6 cups of paint on the outside of the bookcase. Converting 1 5/6 cups to improper fraction, it becomes 11/6 cups of paint.

She also used 3/8 cup of paint on the inside.

Therefore, the total number of cups of paint that Kayla used all together would be cups of paint:

`11/6 + 3/8 = (44 + 9)/24 = 53/24`

Converting to mixed fraction, it becomes

2 and 5/24 cups of paint