Question

Shawn built a fort in his yard that is 6 feet tall and 6 feet long on all sides. He wants to paint the inside of it (walls, ceiling, and floor). If each bucket of paint will cover 300 square feet, how many buckets of paint should Shawn buy?

A. 6
B. 9
C. 12
D. 18

Answer 1

Shawn should buy 6 buckets of paint for his fort.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many buckets of paint Shawn should buy, we need to calculate the total area he needs to paint. The total surface area of the inside of the fort can be found by multiplying the height by the sum of the lengths of all four sides. In this case, the surface area is 6 feet x (6 feet + 6 feet + 6 feet + 6 feet) = 6 feet x 24 feet = 144 square feet. Since each bucket of paint covers 300 square feet, Shawn would need to buy at least 1 bucket of paint. Therefore, the answer is A. 6.