Steve is painting every room of his house the same color. For every 3 walls he paints, he needs 1/4 of a can of green paint.
How many cans of paint will he need to paint 10 walls?
(.25 cans/3walls) * 10 walls = 2.5/3 = 5/6 can
To find out how many cans of paint Steve will need to paint 10 walls, we need to determine the number of cans required per wall and then multiply it by the total number of walls.
According to the given information, for every 3 walls, Steve needs 1/4 of a can of green paint. We can write this as a proportion:
3 walls = 1/4 can of paint
To find out how much paint is required for 1 wall, we divide both sides of the equation by 3:
1 wall = 1/4 can of paint ÷ 3
Simplifying the expression on the right side:
1 wall = 1/4 ÷ 3
1 wall = 1/12 can of paint
Now we know that 1 wall requires 1/12 can of paint. To determine the number of cans of paint required for 10 walls, we multiply 10 by the amount required per wall:
10 walls = 10 × (1/12 can of paint)
Multiplying:
10 walls = 10/12 can of paint
Simplifying the fraction on the right side:
10 walls = 5/6 can of paint
Therefore, Steve will need 5/6 of a can of green paint to paint 10 walls of his house.