Question

Bill paints murals. He recorded the total amount of white paint that he used for his murals each month in the table below.

In April, Bill used 2/3 of the amount that he used in May.
Fill in the amount of white paint Bill used in April in the table below.

Answer 1

Explanation:

2/3x4/5=8/15

Answer 2

`(8)/(15)` liters

Explanation:

Bill paints murals. He recorded the total amount of white paint that he used for his murals each month in the table below.

March
`1(1)/(4)` liters of paint

April

May
`(4)/(5)` liters of paint.

In April Bill used
`(2)/(3)` of
`(4)/(5)`

Therefore, he used in April

`(2)/(3)` ×
`(4)/(5)`

=
`(8)/(15)` liters

In April Bill used
`(8)/(15)` liters of white paint.