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Ritchie wants to paint his bedroom ceiling and four walls. The ceiling and each of the walls are 8 feet by 8 feet. A gallon of paint covers 40 square feet. Write an expression that can be used ro fined the number of gallons of paint Ritchie needs to buy.

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8 x 8= 64
64 x 5= 320
320 divided by 40= 8
awnser: 8 gallons of paint

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