Question

Dom has enough tins of paint to cover a total surface of 280m2. He needs to paint a community hall with an area to be painted of 255m2. Calculate the percentage of paint that should be left over. Give your answer to 1 decimal place.

Answer 1

280-255=25 25/280= 8.9%

Answer 2

The percentage of paint that should be left is 8.9%.

Given that,

• Dom has enough tins of paint to cover a total surface of $280m^2$.

• He needs to paint a community hall with an area to be painted of $255m^2$

Based on the above information, the calculation is as follows:

$= (280 - 255) \div 280$

= 8.9%

Therefore we can conclude that  The percentage of paint that should be left is 8.9%.

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