Paint needed: 30*1/5=6gallons
she has more paint than that.
on the spice rack, she can make 5/21 of a rack, only whole numbers of racks.
3*1.75= number of feet of lumber for three racks, or 5 1/4 feet used, she has barely more than that, so the answer is 3 spicr racks.
1. Larissa is painting boards for her mom's fence. Her mom gave her 6 2/3 gallons of paint. Each board takes 1/5 gallon. Can larissa paint all 30 boards? My answer is yes.. 33 1/3
2. How many spice racks can marie make if she has 5 2/5 feet of lumber and the kind of spice rack she wants to make requires 1 3/4 feet of lumber? My answer is 3 5/21...
Is my answers all correct?
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Yes. She actually can 33 1/3 boards.
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