a gallon of paint covers 350 square feet, how many do I have to buy to cover 560,444 square feet?
Divide 560,444 by 350
560,444
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350
Now, the answer won't give an even number; it'll be a number plus a fraction. Since you can buy half a 0.35 of a gallon of paint, and since the questions asks for the result in gallons, logically you probably have to round the number of to the next highest round number.
For instance, if the calculation says you need 1000.156 gallons of paint, that means you need 1001 gallons of paint, because you can't buy 0.156 gallons of paint, as a practical matter.
To determine how many gallons of paint you need to cover 560,444 square feet, you can use a simple calculation.
First, find out how many square feet one gallon of paint can cover. In this case, it covers 350 square feet.
Next, divide the total square footage you want to cover (560,444) by the coverage of one gallon (350).
560,444 / 350 = 1,601.27
Since you can't buy a fraction of a gallon of paint, you would need to round up to the nearest whole number.
Therefore, you would need to buy approximately 1,602 gallons of paint to cover 560,444 square feet.