Question

Alan needs 36 quarts of paint to paint the basement of his house. If 1 gallon is equal to 4 quarts, how many gallons of paint should Alan buy?
4 gallons

9 gallons

18 gallons

36 gallons

Answer 1

I believe it's 9 gallons 36/4=9.

Answer 2

Salutations!

To find how many gallons of paint Alan should buy, you need to cross multiply.

1 gallon - 4 quarts

 ?           - 36 quarts

$36*1/4$

$36*1=36$

$36/4=9$

Allan needs to buy 9 gallons of paint.

Hope I helped (:

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