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2. Amy has a room that is 6 feet by 10 feet. She bought tiles

that are 8 inches by 6 inches. How many tiles will she
need to cover the floor?

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What are units?

A unit can be used for measurement, and is commonly found in mathematics to describe length, size, etc.

Because we are dealing with different units here, we first would need to know how many inches are in one foot.

1 foot = 12 inches

Now that we know how many inches are in a foot, we can convert the length and width of the room from feet to inches.

6 feet = 72 inches

10 feet = 120 inches

Taking these numbers, we now need to figure out the area of the floor.

72 × 120 = 8640

Now, find the area of each tile.

6 × 8 = 48

Taking 8640, we can now divide that by 48 to get the number of tiles needed.

8640 ÷ 48 = 180

Therefore, 180 tiles are needed to cover the floor.

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