Question

The first floor of a tiny house has a length of 11 feet. The width of the kitchen is 7 feet and the width of the bathroom is 4 feet. The expression 11(7+4) represents the total area in square feet.

Write an expression to represent the total area as the sum of the areas of each room.
11 (7+4) = ? 7+11-
11 ft
A=117+4)

Answer 1

The expression to represent the total area as the sum of the areas of each room would be:

Total area = area of kitchen + area of bathroom + area of remaining space

Total area = 7 x 11 + 4 x 11 + (11 - 7 - 4) x 11

Total area = 77 + 44 + 11

Total area = 132 square feet