Juanita is mixing orange and blue paint to make yellow paint. She has 5/8 of a gallon of blue paint, but she needs 7/8 of a gallon. How much more blue paint does she need? Simplify the answer..

Answer 1

To find out how much more blue paint Juanita needs, we can subtract the amount of blue paint she currently has from the amount she needs.

She needs \( \frac{7}{8} \) gallon of blue paint and currently has \( \frac{5}{8} \) gallon.

Now let's calculate the difference:

\[ \frac{7}{8} - \frac{5}{8} = \frac{7 - 5}{8} = \frac{2}{8} \]

Now we simplify \( \frac{2}{8} \):

\[ \frac{2}{8} = \frac{1}{4} \]

Thus, Juanita needs \( \frac{1}{4} \) gallon more of blue paint.