Question

Gus is painting his house. he use per 2 quarts of paint p hour Gus paints for 8 hours. how many gallons of paint did he use.explain

Answer 1

2x8=16 quarts and in a gallon there is 4 quarts so 16/4=4 ANSWER:Gus used 4 gallons of paint in the 8 hours that he painted because 2 times 8 is 16 quarts and since there is 4 quarts in a gallon,16 divided by 4 is 4 so Gus used 4 gallons of paint.

Answer 2

Well 4 quarts equal a gallon so let's see:


1h : 2
2h: 2
1 gallon after two hours
3h: 2
4h: 2
1 gallon after another two hours
5h: 2
6h: 2
1 gallon again after two hours
7h: 2
8h: 2
1 gallon...etc

Gus has used 4 gallons after painting his house for 8 hours using 2 quarts per hour.



Hope this helps!