Question

Tom Sawyer painted 3/5 of a fence with 1/3 of a canister of paint. How many milliliters of this paint did he use to paint the whole fence, if the canister contains 990 milliliters of paint.

Answer 1

Tom Sawyer used 550 milliliters of paint to paint the whole fence.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many milliliters of paint Tom Sawyer used to paint the whole fence, we need to first determine how much paint he used to paint 3/5 of the fence. Given that he used 1/3 of a canister of paint, which contains 990 milliliters, we can calculate the amount of paint used to paint 3/5 of the fence:

1. Multiply 1/3 by 990: 1/3 * 990 = 330 milliliters
2. Now, we can calculate the amount of paint used to paint the whole fence:
3. Multiply the amount of paint used for 3/5 of the fence by 5/3: 330 * 5/3 = 550 milliliters

Therefore, Tom Sawyer used 550 milliliters of paint to paint the whole fence.