Question

larry has 9 gallons of paint he used 10 quarts to paint his kitchen and 3 gallons to paint his living room.how many pints of paint will be left?

Answer 1

There are 4 quarts in 1 gallon. You would multiply 4 qts x 9 gallons for a total of 36 quarts. He used 10 quarts and 3 gallons (12 quarts) leaving 14 quarts. There are 2 pints in every quart so you would multiply 2 x 14 for 28 quarts. I hope that helped!!!

Answer 2

4 qts= 1 gal  8 pts= 1 gal  1 qt= 2 pts

meaning that the 10 qts used to paint the kitchen was 2 gals and 2 qts.
then you have to add the 3 gals used in the living room, which is 5 gals and 2 qts. the easiest way to subtract the total from the amount used would be to convert all measurements to pints. so your 9 gals would turn into 72 pts minus your 5 gals and 2 qts, being 44 pts. therefore your answer would be 28 pts of paint left.