Question

A painting is covering up some of the tiles on the wall. The tiled wall is shaped like a rectangle . There are 28 square tiles on the whole wall. How many of the tiles are covered by the painting?

Answer 1

The number of tiles are covered by the painting are 12.

Explanation:

Consider the provided information.

The painting is covering up some of the tiles on the wall as shown below:

Here it is given that there are 28 squares tiles on the wall.

Total tiles = Number of tiles covered by the painting - uncovered tiles

28 = Number of tiles covered by the painting - 16

Number of tiles covered by the painting = 28 - 16

Number of tiles covered by the painting = 12

Hence, the number of tiles are covered by the painting are 12.