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Interior Paint - Fractions,Decimals, and Percents

By: Lennard Valle and Joshua C.

Part A

Red Pigment
(drops)

Blue Pigment
(drops)

Yellow Pigment
(drops)

Coral Paradise

10

Sunset Shine

Peach Pie

12

Paint Color

Coral Paradise: 8 + 1 + 10 = 19
Work: 8/19 8 / 19 = 0.42110526
Round to the nearest hundred
0.42
110526
0.42%

Sunset Shine
Work: 5/13 0.38 =
38%

Peach Pie: 6 + 0 + 12 = 18
Work: 6/18 6 / 18 = 0.3333333
Round to the nearest hundred
0.33
3333
33%

xplanation
E
The lowest amount of Red Pigment is Peach Pie because Coral Paradise is 42%,Sunset
Shine is 38%,and Peach pie is 33% the lowest percentage is Peach Pie.
Part B
: What is the least number of drops of red, blue, and yellow pigment that Ava can
add to a gallon of white paint so that the custom color consists of 25% red pigment, 35%
blue pigment, and 40% yellow pigment?

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Part C
: Ava needs help correcting a mistake she made with the pigments while creating
the color Royal Purple. This custom color is supposed to consist of 75% red pigment and
25% blue pigment. However, Ava only added 8 drops of red pigment and 4 drops of blue
pigment into the gallon of white paint. How many drops of red pigment should she add to
the gallon of paint to correct her mistake?
Explanation
We got 6 because it said there is 75% percent and 8 red drops so we did 75% of 8 and
we multiplied 0.75 x 8 and it equaled 6.
Work
R:B

8:

R:B

75% 25%

75% of 8: 0.75 x 8 = 6

Part D
: Question
OneofAvasresponsibilitiesatthehomeimprovementstoreistoplaceanorderfor
pigmenteachmonthLastmonthsheorderedtheseamountsofeachpigment.
What
percentofthetotalamountofpigmentorderedlastmonthasredpigment?Blue
pigment?Yellowpigment?
Explainhowyoufoundyouranswer.

Pigment

Red Pigment

Blue Pigment

Yellow Pigment

12

12

Amount Ordered
(oz)

What percent of the total amount of pigment ordered last month as red
pigment? Blue pigment? Yellow pigment?

Work
: 8 + 12 + 12 = 8/32 = 0.25 = 0.25%
Explanation: The Total Amount Ordered 25% oz because
8 + 12 + 12 = 8/32 and if you divide 8 and 32 you get
0.25 = 0.25%
Part E
: This month, custom paint sales at the home improvement store have
increased by 25%. Ava needs to order 25% more of each pigment than she did
last month. Complete the table to show how many ounces of each color she should
order this month. Then find the total amount of pigment.
Pigment Color

Amount Ordered
Last Month

Amount to Order
This Month

Red Pigment

8 oz

10 oz

Blue Pigment

12 oz

15 oz

Yellow Pigment

12 oz

15 oz

Total Order

32 oz

40 oz

xplanation
E
I got for this month 2 oz,3 oz,3 oz because it said that it
increased to 25% so all we did is is 25% of 8,25% of 12,25%
of 12 after I got 2 oz,3 oz,3 oz.
Work

Total Amount

25% of 8: 0.25 x 8 = 2 + 8 = 10 oz

2+3+3= 8 oz

25% of 12: 0.25 x 12 = 3 + 12 = 15 oz

25% of 12: 0.25 x 12 = 3 + 12 = 15 oz

8+12+12= 32 oz

Part F
:
The company that supplies the pigment for the home improvement store charges
$30.50 per ounce, plus $7.99 shipping. Ava purchased 40 ounces of pigment. The sales
tax rate on the pigment, excluding shipping, is 6%. How much money did Ava pay in sales
tax?
Response:
We got
73.2 because we multiplied 30.50 x 40 and = 1220 and we multiplied
that with 0.06 and = 73.2

Work of the Calculator

30.50 x 40 = 1220
1220 x 0.06 = 73.2