Question

Carolyn buy a gallon of paint that covers 250 ft.². She wants to paint a wall that is 16 feet wide and 12 feet high. Explain whether whether or not she will need more than 1 gallon of paint12. Reasoning Tomika plans to run 84 miles in 4 weeks. If she continues the pattern, how many mil

Answer 1

Given:

The area the paint can cover = 250 ft²

Width of wall = 16 ft

Length of wall = 12 ft

To know whether or not she will need more than one gallon of paint, let's find the area of the wall.

Since the wall is rectangular, use the area of a rectangle formula.

Area of wall = Length x Width = 12 x 16 = 192 ft²

Since the area the paint can cover (250 ft²) is greater than area of the wall (192 ft²), Carolyn will need just 1 gallon of paint to paint the wall

ANSWER:

She needs just 1 gallon of paint