Question

Jackie has 6/7 of a bottle of paint to paint each chair in the house. If each chair requires 5/25 of the amount Jackie has, how many chairs can she paint?

A. 1 chair
B. 2 chairs
C. 3 chairs
D. 4 chairs

Answer 1

Jackie can paint 4 chairs.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the number of chairs Jackie can paint, we need to divide the amount of paint she has by the amount required to paint one chair.

Jackie has 6/7 of a bottle of paint. The amount required to paint one chair is 5/25 of the amount Jackie has. To divide fractions, we multiply by the reciprocal of the second fraction.

6/7 ÷ 5/25 = 6/7 × 25/5 = 6/1 × 5/7 = 30/7.

So, Jackie can paint 30/7 or approximately 4.29 chairs.

Since Jackie cannot paint a fraction of a chair, the correct answer is D. 4 chairs.