Question

Sadie uses 6.5 pints of white paint and blue paint to paint her bedroom walls. 1/4 of this amount is white paint, and the rest is blue paint. How many pints of blue paint did she use to paint her bedroom walls?

Answer 1

6.5 pints of white and blue paint

1/4 is white

that means 3/4 are of blue paint

3/4* 6.5 =

0.75* 6.5= 39/8

or

3/4 * 6 1/2 = 3/4 * 13/2 = 39/8 = 4.875

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