Question

Bryson is painting kitchen stools. Each stool requires 1 1/2 liters of paint. Bryson has 20 liters of paint, How many stool will he be able to paint?

Answer 1

3

Explanation:

5.5 litres paint needed for 1 stool

1 litres paint needed for 1/ 5.5

20 litres paint needed for 20/5.5

= 3.636

And now comes the twist, you can't paint 3.6 stools. also You can't paint 4 stools. You need to round down to 3