Question

a painter mixes 1/4 gallon of red paint, 3 quarts of yellow paint, and 2 quarts of white paint in a bucket. how many quarts of paint are in the bucket?

Answer 1

It depends on the way the teacher wants the answer, once you have mixed the paint you would a new paint bucket, which means you have 4 quarts, but it also could be 5 quarters doing the sum.