Question

Leah decided to paint some of the rooms at her 51-room hotel. She needs 1/5 of a can of paint per room. If Leah had 6 cans of paint. how many rooms can she paint

Answer 1

Leah can paint 30 rooms.

Explanation:

Each room requires
`(1)/(5)` of a can of paint, this means painting 5 rooms requires

`(1)/(5)+(1)/(5)+(1)/(5)+(1)/(5)+(1)/(5)=(1+1+1+1+1)/(5)=(5)/(5) =1`

or 1 can paints 5 rooms.

So, if Leah has 6 cans of paint, then how many rooms can she paint?

Leah can paint

`(5\:rooms)/(can) *6\:cans=\boxed{30\: rooms}`

Leah can paint 30 rooms with 6 cans of paint.