Question

A group of 8 students are painting a mural at the local library. Each student uses 1/4

of the paint in their bucket. How many total buckets of paint did the students use?

8 buckets each with 1 of 4 sections shaded.

Answer 1

1/2 bucket

Explanation:

Each of the 8 buckets is 1/4 full.

The total amount of paint at the beginning is 8 × 1/4 bucket = 2 buckets.

Each student uses 1/4 of his paint. Combined, they use 1/4 of the total amount of paint in the buckets.

1/4 × 2 buckets = 1/2 bucket

Answer: 1/2 bucket