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Question 150961: if a single roll of wallpaper will cover 3 square meters, how many single rolls will it take to cover a will 2 meters x 5 meters?: if a single roll of wallpaper will cover 3 square meters, how many single rolls will it take to cover a will 2 meters x 5 meters?
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First multiply 2 and 5 to get 2*5=10. So the total is 10 square meters. Now divide 10 into 3 to get 10/3=3.333. After rounding up (to cover the fraction of the area), you will need 4 rolls of wallpaper.