Question

When someone donated 14 gallons of paint to Rosendale Elementary School, the fifth grade decided to use it to paint murals. They split the gallons equally among the four classes.
a. How much paint did each class have to paint their mural?
b. How much paint will three classes use? Show your thinking using words, numbers, or pictures.
c. If 4 students share a 30-square-foot wall equally, how many square feet of the wall will be painted by each student?
d. What fraction of the wall will each student paint?

Answer 1

Answer:

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Step-by-step explanation:

Total amount of paint = 14 gallons

the paint was distributed equally among 4 classes

a. therefore each class would get $\frac{14}{4}$ gallons of paint

= $3\frac{1}{2}$ gallons each

b.Three classes will use 3× paint of each class

= $3\times3\frac{1}{2}$= 10(1/2) gallons

c. 4 student paint 30 square-foot wall the each student would paint

$\frac{30}{4}$ = 7(1/2) square-foot wall.

d. each student will paint $\frac{1}{4}$ of the wall since there are 4 students.