Question

Paiton is painting her room. She determines that a 1/4 gallon container of paint will cover 1/8 of a wall. How much paint is needed for an entire wall (assuming there are no windows or doors)?

A. 1/2 gallon
B. 1/4 gallon
C. 1 gallon
D. 2 gallons

Answer 1

Paiton needs 2 gallons of paint to cover an entire wall, since 1/4 gallon covers 1/8 of the wall and 8 times 1/4 gallon equals 2 gallons.

Step-by-step explanation:

Paiton is painting her room and wants to know how much paint is needed for an entire wall. She has determined that 1/4 gallon of paint will cover 1/8 of a wall. To find out the total amount of paint required for the whole wall, we must see how many times 1/8 goes into a whole, which is 8 times (since 1 divided by 1/8 equals 8). Therefore, if 1/4 gallon covers 1/8 of the wall, 8 times the amount is needed for the entire wall.

To calculate this, we multiply 1/4 gallon by 8:

1/4 gallon x 8 = 2 gallons

So, the amount of paint Paiton needs to cover the entire wall is 2 gallons, which corresponds to answer choice D.