Question

Question #5: You decided to paint one of the walls in the dining room the color blue. The shape of the wall is shown below. One gallon of paint covers 50 square feet. The wall will need two coats of paint. How many gallons of paint will you need to buy?

Total area of the wall:

Gallons of paint needed:

Answer 1

Explanation:

Draw a horizontal line from the top corner of the left wall to the right wall. Now you have a rectangle on the bottom 8’x10’ (80 square feet) and a triangle on the top with a height of 5’ and a base of 8’. 1/2 base times height =20. You need to paint 100 sq feet so you need 2 gallons.