Question

Jacob is painting the walls of his new tiny house. If 3⁄4 of a can of paint is enough to paint 1⁄8 of the walls, how much paint does Jacob need to paint all of the walls?

Answer 1

It will take 6 cans of paint to paint all the walls of his tiny house.

Explanation:

If 3/4 of a can of paint is enough to paint 1/8 of all of the walls in his tiny house, we need to find out how much paint he needs to paint the rest of the walls.

This is done by multiplying 3/4 by 8, because there are eight 1/8th parts to a whole.

3/4 x 8 = ?

3/4 x 8/1 = ?

Now, multiply the numerators together (3 x 8 = 24), and the denominators together (4 x 1 = 4).

The fraction is now written as 24/4.

24/4 = 6

Jacob will need 6 cans of paint to paint all the walls of his new tiny house.

Answer 2

6 cans

Explanation:

for the walls it would be 8* 3/4 = 6 cans