Problema Solution
Three gallons of paint are used to paint 16 wooden signs. How much paint did each sign use? Between what two whole numbers does the answer lie?
Answer provided by our tutors
We divide the total amount of paint use by the number of wooden signs:
3 : 16 = 0.1875 gal per sign
Each sign used 0.1875 gallons of paint.
0 < 0.1875 < 1
The answer lies between 0 and 1.