Question

The floor of the cafeteria storage room is being tiled. The room is shaped like a parallelogram. The

parallelogram has a base of 19.5 feet and a height of 8 feet. Each package of tile will cover 4 square feet.
How many packages of tile will be needed to tile the floor?

Answer 1

Answer: 39

Step-by-step explanation: formula is bh. 19.5 times 8 is 156. divide by 4 because a package will cover 4 sq ft.

Answer 2

39

Explanation:

parallelogram area is base x height

A = b x h

A = 19.5 x 8 = 156 ft^2 or square feet

156 divided by 4 = 39