You wish to paint a storage shed. its four walls measure 7 ft. high and 8 ft. wide each. if one gallon of paint covers 160 sq. ft., how many gallons of paint will you need? paint required = gallons.

Step-by-step explanation:

Step 1

Find the area of one wall

Multiply the high by the wide

so

Step 2

Find the area of four walls

Multiply the area of one wall by four

Step 3

By proportion calculate how many gallons of paint are needed