Question

Len wants to paint a wall in his house.He knows that 1 can of paint covers an area of 32 feet.The dimensions of the wall are shown.Shade in the correct number of paint cans he will need to buy.

Answer 1

Len needs to buy 3.75 paint cans

Explanation:

Given:

Length of the wall = 12 feet

Width of the wall = 10 feet

1 can of paint covers an area of 32 feet.

To Find:

Number of cans needed to paint the wall = ?

Solution:

Thea area of the wall is length x breadth

Area = 12 x 10 = 120 square feet

One can cover can cover 32 feet

Then to cover 120 square feet

The number of cans needed will be =
`(120)/(32)`

The number of cans needed will be = 3.75