Question

Beth filled 32 jars with paint. If each jar holds 1 pint of paint, how many gallons of paint did Beth use?

Answer 1

4 pints= 1 gallon
32 jars= 32 pints
32 pints/ 4 pints=8 gallons of paint

Answer 2

If you would like to know how many gallons of paint did Beth use, you can calculate this using the following steps:

1 jar ... 1 pint of paint
32 jars ... x pints of paint = ?

1 * x = 1 * 32
x = 32 pints of paint

1 gallon ... 8 pints
y gallons = ? ... 32 pints of paint

1 * 32 = 8 * y
32 = 8 * y     /8
y = 32 / 8 = 4 gallons of paint

Result: Beth used 4 gallons of paint.