We have a wall of 6 feet by 8 feet and we want to know how many 4-inch square tiles we need to cover the wall.
Note that 1 feet = 12 inch, so the tiles are:

So, the tiles are 1/3 feet square.
Now we have to find how many tiles we need to cover 8 feet:

So, we need 24 tiles to cover the 8 feet.
And for the 6 feet we need:

So, we need 18 tiles to cover the 6 feet.
Finally, to cover all the wall of 8 feet by 6 feet we need 24 by 18 tiles=432 tiles