Question

Amelia wants to paint three walls in her family room two walls are 26 feet long by 9 feet wide the other wall is 18 feet long by 9 feet wide. each gallon of paint covers about 250 ft.² how many gallons of paint should Amelia by to paint the walls?

Answer 1

26 by 9
Area = L*W
Area = 26 * 9
Area = 234 square feet but there are 2 such walls
Area = 234 * 2
Area = 468 square feet total for these walls.

18 by 9
Area = L*W
Area = 18 * 9
Area = 162 square feet

Total area = 468 + 162 = 630 square feet.

1 gallon covers 250 square feet
x gallon covers 630 square feet


1/x = 250/630
250 x = 1 * 630
x = 630 / 250
x = 2.52 gallons. It is best that she buy 3 gallons of paint.