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Rosa is making a game board that is

16 inches by 24 inches. She wants to
use square tiles. What is the largest
tile she can use?

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User IqqmuT
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Answer:

The largest tile she can use is a 8 inches by 8 inches tile.

Explanation:

Rosa is making a game board that is 16 inches by 24 inches.

She wants to use square tiles.

The area of the game board (area of a rectangle) is equal to length times width.

∴ Area = 16 inches × 24 inches = 384 square inches

The prime factors of 384 are; 2^7 × 3

We can put it as;

2^6 × 6 = 384

The square root of 2^6 is 2^3 = 8

So Rosa will need six square tiles of 8 inches by 8 inches each.

Hence the largest tile she can use is a 8 inches by 8 inches tile.

User Hultner
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Answer:

8" by 8"

Six of those will fit on the board

Explanation:

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