Question

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

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

Answer 1

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

Amount of paint used for each painting $=15$ pints.

Total amount of paint used $=9226$ pints.

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

Here Dividend = $9226$
and,
Divisor = $15$

Calculating $9226÷15$ by box method, we get:


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

∴ With $9226$ pints of paint, the artist completes $615$ paintings with $1$ pints of paint remaining.