Question

A furniture maker used 5/6 of a can of paint to paint some chairs. He used 1/6 of a of paint for each chair. How many chairs did he paint? Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number. ​

Answer 1

Answer:

5

Step-by-step explanation:

This is a question of division, the total quantity of paint used will be the amount of paint needed per chair × the number of chairs;

This is an equation, which can be rearranged to give:

Number of chairs painted = total paint used/paint needed per chair

Total paint used = ⅚

Paint needed per chair = ⅙

Therefore:

Number of chairs painted = (⅚)/(⅙)

Number of chairs painted = ⅚ × 6

Number of chairs painted = 5

Answer 2

Answer:

5 chairs

Step-by-step explanation:

then you'd get 5 so the answer is 5.

Just divide 5/6 / 1/6,