Bill is painting his basement floor. If one can of paint will cover 4.5m squared, how many cans of paint will he need?
Measurements: 13.5m, 1.5m, 6m, 18m, 13.5m,1.5m
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I wonder what the layout of the floor looks like...
To calculate how many cans of paint Bill will need, we need to find the total area of the basement floor first.
The given measurements are: 13.5m, 1.5m, 6m, 18m, 13.5m, and 1.5m.
To find the area of rectangular shapes, multiply the length by the width. Given that the basement floor has three separate rectangular sections, we can calculate their areas individually and then sum them up to get the total area.
For the first rectangular section: Length = 13.5m, Width = 1.5m, so the area is 13.5m * 1.5m = 20.25m².
For the second rectangular section: Length = 6m, Width = 18m, so the area is 6m * 18m = 108m².
For the third rectangular section: Length = 13.5m, Width = 1.5m, so the area is 13.5m * 1.5m = 20.25m².
Adding up the areas of the three sections, we get 20.25m² + 108m² + 20.25m² = 148.5m².
Now that we know the total area of the basement floor is 148.5m² and each can of paint covers 4.5m², we can divide the total area by the coverage per can to find out how many cans of paint Bill needs.
148.5m² / 4.5m² = 33
Therefore, Bill will need 33 cans of paint to cover his basement floor.