Question

Jamal is painting his room. He determines that a 1/2 gallon container of paint will cover 1/6 of a wall. How many gallons of paint are needed to cover an entire wall (assuming there are no windows or doors)? Enter your answer in the box below, do NOT include units.

Question 1 options:

Answer 1

Hi so the answer to this question is he has 120left

Answer 2

Explanation:

Paint required to cover 1/6 of a wall = 1/2

Paint required to cover the whole wall = (1/2)*6 = 3 gallons