Question

Tyler the tiler is back. He is tiling the upstairs bathroom and the master bathroom at Joey DeMarco's

house. The upstairs bathroom is 4 1/2 feet wide and 4 1/2 feet long. The master bathroom is 8 feet long
and 5 1/2 feet wide. Tyler wants to do all of his tile cutting at one time, so he needs the complete list of
every tile that he will need.
(a) Make the list of tiles for Tyler the tiler. Include a description of the tile AND how many he will
need.
(b) How many total square feet of tiles will Tyler the tile use?"
(a) 20.25 square feet
(b) 44 square feet
(c) 64.25 square feet
(d) 64 square feet

Answer 1

To calculate the needed tiles, find the area of each bathroom and divide it by the area of each tile. Tyler will need 20.25 tiles for the upstairs bathroom and 44 tiles for the master bathroom. In total, Tyler will need 65 tiles.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate the needed tiles, we need to find the area of each bathroom and then divide it by the area of each tile.

The area of the upstairs bathroom is 4 1/2 feet wide and 4 1/2 feet long, so the total area is (4 1/2) * (4 1/2) = 20.25 square feet.

Each tile is 1 square foot, so Tyler will need 20.25 tiles for the upstairs bathroom.

The area of the master bathroom is 8 feet long and 5 1/2 feet wide, so the total area is 8 * 5 1/2 = 44 square feet.

Again, each tile is 1 square foot, so Tyler will need 44 tiles for the master bathroom.

In total, Tyler will need 20.25 + 44 = 64.25 tiles. However, since he wants to cut all the tiles at once, he will need to round up to the nearest whole number.

Therefore, he will need 65 tiles in total.