Task 2: Sam needs to figure out how much purple paint to buy. Calculate for her the total
area, in square meters, of the four walls. She will not paint the door or windows. Show
your working
Part way through painting her room, Sam runs out of paint.
She estimates that there are about 125 square meters left to paint.
The purple paint that Sam is using is only available in 1-liter cans. (Assume she must
buy whole cans of paint.)
Each can of paint covers 40 square meters.
Task 3: How many cans of paint does Sam need to buy to finish painting her room?
Explain to Sam why she needs this many cans of paint. Use words and numbers in your
explanation.
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You decide to paint your room, too. Your room has 300 square meters of wall space to
paint. Sam says it took her 10 minutes to paint 25 square meters.
Task 4: At this rate, how many hours would it take Sam to paint your room? Show your
working
MATHEMATICS PERFORMANCE TASK 58 CHRISTIE WAINWRIGHT