Question

You paint four walls. Each wall is a rectangle with a length of 20 feet and a height of 12 feet. One gallon of paint covers about 320 square feet. How many gallons of paint do you need in order to cover the walls?Give explanation

Answer 1

To find out how many gallons of paint are needed to cover the walls, we need to first find the total area of the walls.

The four walls are rectangles with a length of 20 feet and a height of 12 feet. So, the area of one wall is:

20 feet x 12 feet = 240 square feet

Since there are four walls, the total area of the walls is:

4 x 240 square feet = 960 square feet

We know that one gallon of paint can cover approximately 320 square feet. To find how many gallons of paint are needed, we can divide the total area of the walls by the area covered by one gallon of paint:

960 square feet ÷ 320 square feet per gallon = 3 gallons of paint

Therefore, you need approximately 3 gallons of paint to cover the walls.