Question

the floors of houses in japan are traditionally covered by tatami. tatami are rectangle shaped straw mats that measure about 6 feet by 3 feet. if a room is 48 feet by 24 feet, how many tatami are needed to cover the floor

Answer 1

Oh yikes, this one hasn't been answered in 4 years..

Let's get the area of one tatami, then the one of the floor.
Tatami area: 6*3 = 18 sq. feet

Floor area: 48*24 = 1152 sq. feet

To know how many tatami are needed, we need to divide the floor area by the tatami area:

1152/18 = 64

You'd need 64 tatami to cover the floor