Question

An artist uses 15 litres of paint for each of her paintings. So, using 9226 litres of paint, she _____

• A. exactly completes 615 paintings
• B. completes 615 paintings with 1 litre of paint remaining.
• C. exactly completes 614 paintings
• D. completes 614 paintings with 1 litre of paint remaining.

Answer 1

The correct option is B completes 615 paintings with 1 litre of paint remaining.

$\text{Paint used for each painting =}15litres.$

$\text{Total amount of paint used =}9226litres.$

∴ The number of paintings completed by the artist will be
$=9226÷15$.

$\text{Here, Dividend =}9226$
and,
$\text{Divisor =}15$

$\text{Calculating}9226÷15\text{by box method,}$


So, you get 615 as the final quotient and 1 as the remainder.

∴ With 9226 litres of paint, the artist completes 615 paintings with 1 litre of paint remaining.