Louie uses 10 feet of wood, 16 wheels and one can of paint for every 4 skateboards he builds.

Question

A 4-column table with 3 rows. Column 1 is labeled Skateboards with entries 1, 4, 10. Column 2 is labeled Wood with entries blank, 10 feet, blank. Column 3 is labeled Wheels with entries blank, 16, blank. Column 4 is labeled paint with entries blank, 1 can, blank.

Use the table to find how much of each item Louie needs to build 10 skateboards.

Louie needs

feet of wood,

wheels, and

cans of paint.

Answer 1

To find out how much of each item Louie needs to build 10 skateboards, we can determine the requirements per skateboard based on the information given:

• Wood: Louie uses 10 feet of wood for every 4 skateboards. Therefore, for one skateboard: \[ \text{Wood per skateboard} = \frac{10 \text{ feet}}{4} = 2.5 \text{ feet} \] For 10 skateboards: \[ \text{Total wood for 10 skateboards} = 2.5 \text{ feet} \times 10 = 25 \text{ feet} \]

• Wheels: Louie uses 16 wheels for every 4 skateboards. Therefore, for one skateboard: \[ \text{Wheels per skateboard} = \frac{16 \text{ wheels}}{4} = 4 \text{ wheels} \] For 10 skateboards: \[ \text{Total wheels for 10 skateboards} = 4 \text{ wheels} \times 10 = 40 \text{ wheels} \]

• Paint: Louie uses 1 can of paint for every 4 skateboards. Therefore, for one skateboard: \[ \text{Paint per skateboard} = \frac{1 \text{ can}}{4} = 0.25 \text{ cans} \] For 10 skateboards: \[ \text{Total paint for 10 skateboards} = 0.25 \text{ cans} \times 10 = 2.5 \text{ cans} \]

Now we can summarize the total amounts needed:

• Louie needs 25 feet of wood,
• 40 wheels, and
• 2.5 cans of paint.