A man used 5/2 buckets of paint to paint a Hall. He used 5/4 less buckets to paint a room. How much paint did he use for the room?
5/2 = 10/4
10/4 - 5/4 = _______ buckets of paint used
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To find out how much paint the man used for the room, we can start by understanding the information given.
First, let's denote the total amount of paint he used for the hall as H.
According to the problem, he used 5/2 buckets of paint for the hall. So, we can say:
H = 5/2
Now, let's find out how many buckets of paint he used for the room. It states that he used 5/4 fewer buckets to paint the room than the hall.
To determine the amount of paint for the room, we subtract 5/4 from the amount used for the hall:
Amount of paint for the room = Amount of paint for the hall - 5/4
= 5/2 - 5/4
To subtract these fractions, we need to have a common denominator. The least common denominator for 2 and 4 is 4. Let's convert the fractions into this common denominator:
Amount of paint for the room = (5/2)*(2/2) - (5/4)*(4/4)
= 10/4 - 20/16
Now, we can subtract the fractions:
Amount of paint for the room = 10/4 - 20/16
= (40/16) - (20/16)
= 20/16
Since 20/16 cannot be further simplified, the amount of paint the man used for the room is 20/16 buckets.
5/2 = 10/4
10/4-5/4 = 5/4 = 1 1/4