Question

Marley's daughter has a toy box in the shape of a cuboid. The box measures 90cm x 50 cm by 40 cm Marley wants to paint the outside of the box with red sparkly paint A 2 litre sin of red sparkly paint costs £8.99 Each tin covers an area of 7500cm² How much will it cost Marley to paint the toy box?​

Answer 1

It will cost Marley £7.20 to paint the toy box. This is calculated by taking the total surface area of the toy box (180000 cm²) and dividing it by the area covered by each tin of paint (7500 cm²). This equals 24, so Marley will need 24 tins of paint. Twenty-four tins multiplied by the cost of each tin (£8.99) equals £215.76, which is the total cost of the paint.

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