a gallon of floor paint will cover about 200 feet of concrete.the floor of harolds basement is 25 feet wide and 40 feet long.how many gallons of paint does harold need to put one coat of paint on the basement floor?

Answer 1

Find the area of this rectangle.

Then divide it by 200 to find the number of gallons needed.

Answer 2

MS. sue
i don't understand it
still

Answer 3

what rectangle? and it doesnt show wahtz d length and d width?

Answer 4

The basement floor is a rectangle. The length and width are given in the problem.

Answer 5

ok so do i multiply the length times width or sumthing?
thank you

Answer 6

i got 25 times 40 equals 1000

Answer 7

Right. The area of the basement floor is 1,000 square feet.

Now, divide 1,000 by 200 to find the number of gallons needed.

Answer 8

is it 5

Answer 9

Right! Yay!! :-)

Harold needs 5 gallons of paint.

Answer 10

thank you 'm trying my best to understand math

Answer 11

You're welcome. And the more you work on math, the better you're understanding it.