Question

A kitchen is 10ft long and 8ft wide.if kitchen floor tiles

are 2.5in by 3in, how many tiles are needed for the
kitchen?

Answer 1

1536 tiles

Explanation:

Given,

The length of kitchen = 10 ft,

Width of the kitchen = 8 ft,

∵ The shape of floor of kitchen must be rectangular,

Thus, the area of the kitchen = 10 × 8 = 80 square ft = 11520 in²

( Since, 1 square feet = 144 square inches )

Now, the length of a tile = 2.5 in and its width = 3 in,

So, the area of each tile = 2.5 × 3 = 7.5 in²,

Hence, the number of tiles needed =
`\frac{\text{Area of kitchen}}{\text{Area of each tile}}`

`=(11520)/(7.5)`

= 1536