Overview
If you want to paint your room, you need to know the coverage (area) in square feet to determine how many paint gallons you should buy.
Using a measuring tape with units in the SI (meters, centimeters, and millimeters) calculate the area of a wall in your house in centimeters.
Area= base x high.
- Measure base and high
Calculate area (in centimeters)
Write this number in scientific notation.
- Convert cm2 to m2 (1 cm3 = 10-4 m3).
- Convert m2 to square feet (cu.ft). (1m2=10.77 cu.ft)
- If a paint gallon coverage is 300 square feet how many paint gallons you need for your room?
- - Use measurements of a room.
- - Show work for each step Please!