Question

Miller and his son uses 2/5 of a gallon of paint on every front door they painted how many cans of paint will they use on 16 doors

Answer 1

We need to determine $\frac{2}{5} * 16$. This is because $\frac{2}{5}$ is the cmount of paint used for one door, and we need to determine how much paint to use for 16 doors. In order to multiply a fraction by a whole number, we need to multiply the whole number and the numerator and keep the denominator.

$\frac{2}{5} * 16 = \frac{32}{5} = 6\frac{2}{5}$

Therefore, you would need 30.4 gallons of paint to paint 16 doors.