Home Interior Paint

By:RiyaSinghandBiancaGao

Part A - Writing

RedPigment
(drops)

BluePigment
(drops)

YellowPigment
(drops)

CoralParadise

10

SunsetShine

PeachPie

12

PaintColor

~WhichpaintcolorshouldAvaadvisethecustomertoselectbasedonthelowest
percentage
ofredpigment?
CoralParadise=42%red(8 19)
SunsetShine=38%red(5 13)
PeachPie=33%red(6 18)
CoralParadiseis42%red,SunsetShineis38%red,PeachPieis33%red.PeachPiehas
theleastpercentofredinthemixture,soAvashouldgivethecustomerPeachPie.

Part B - Bar Diagram

~Whatistheleastnumberofdropsofred,blue,andyellowpigmentthatAvacanaddtoa
gallonofwhitepaintsothatthecustomcolorconsistsof25%red,35%blue,and40%yellow
pigment?

Part C - Writing

~Avaneedshelpcorrectingamistakeshemadewiththepigmentswhilecreatingthecolor
RoyalPurple.Thiscustomcolorissupposedtoconsistof75%redpigmentand25%blue
pigment.However,Avaonlyadded8dropsofredpigmentand4dropsofbluepigmentinto
thegallonofwhitepaint.Howmanydropsofredpigmentshouldsheaddtothegallonofpaint
tocorrecthermistake?
Avawouldhavetoadd1moredroptoget75%.
8+4is12,andweadded1moredropto8toget9.Then,wetried9dividedby12and
itwas75%,soourpredictednumberwascorrect.

Part D - Writing

~OneofAvasresponsibilitiesatthehomeimprovementstoreistoplaceanorderforpigment
eachmonthLastmonthsheorderedtheseamountsofeachpigment.

Pigment

RedPigment

BluePigment

YellowPigment

12

12

AmountOrdered
(oz)

~Whatpercentofthetotalamountofpigmentorderedlastmonthasredpigment?Blue
pigment?Yellowpigment?
Total:32
Red:25%
Blue:37.5%
Yellow:37.5%
First,wegotthetotalofhowmuchpigmentwasordered.Next,wedivided8by32(the
total)andgot.25.Weconvertthattoadecimaltoapercentage.Redis25%of32.
Next,wedothesametoblueandyellowsincetheyhavethesamenumbers.12
dividedby32is.375.Weconvertthattoapercentagewhichis37.5%.

Part E - Table

Thismonth,custompaintsalesatthehomeimprovementstorehave
increasedby
25%
.Avaneedstoorder25%moreofeachpigmentthanshedidlastmonth.
Completethetabletoshowhowmanyouncesofeachcolorsheshouldorderthis
month.Thenfindthetotalamountofpigment.

PigmentColor

AmountOrdered
LastMonth

AmounttoOrder
ThisMonth

RedPigment

8oz

10oz

BluePigment

12oz

15oz

YellowPigment

12oz

15oz

TotalOrder

34oz

40oz

Sincethepigmentsgoupby25%(.25),wefind25%ofeachnumber((8*.25)(12*.25)
(12*.25)).25%of8is2,25%of12is3.Then,weadd2to8because2is25%of8and8is

increasingby25%.8+2is10,sotheamountofredtoordernextmonthis10oz.Then,we
dothesameto12.25%of12is3.12+3is15,sotheywouldorder15ozofyellowandblue
nextmonth.

Part F - Writing

Thecompanythatsuppliesthepigmentforthehomeimprovementstorecharges
$30.50perounce,
plus$7.99shipping
.Avapurchased40ouncesofpigment.The
salestaxrate
onthepigment,
excludingshipping
,is6%.
HowmuchmoneydidAva
payin
salestax
?
Avaspent$73.20onsalestax.Wegotthisanswerbyfirstmultiplying$30.50by40
ouncesbecauseAvapurchased40ounces.Ouranswerto35.50by40was$1,220.
Thenwemultiplied$1,220by0.06becausesalestaxwas6%oftheprice.Ourfinal
answeris$73.20