Question

Juna has 32 gallons of paint to paint a mural. The mural is divided into 6 sections. Juna uses 3 gallons of paint for each section.

How much paint is left after Juna finishes painting the mural?


14 gal

23 gal

26 gal

50 gal

Answer 1

You will have 14 gallons of paint left over.

Explanation:

If you divide a mural into 6 sections, and paint each section with 3 gallons of paint per section, that means you are using 3 gallons of paint 6 times.

3 x 6 = `18

Therefore, you will be using 18 gallons of paint for the mural, and when you subtract 18 gallons from the original 32 gallons of paint, you get 14 gallons left over.

Answer 2

14 gallons

Explanation:

First, we figure out how many gallons of paint is needed to paint the mural.

This is modeled by the followng expression: 3*6=18

Since there are 6 sections and each section needs 3 gallons of paint.

Now to find how many gallons are left we need to subtract the amount she used from what she had.

32-18=14

Therefore, she'll have 14 gallons of paint left.