Question

Mrs.Allen wants to tile the floor of her kitchen. Each time has an area of 1 square foot. The floor of her kitchen is 11 feet by 16 feet. How much tiles does she need ?

Answer 1

The number of tiles she needs is 176 tiles

Explanation:

Here we have

The area of the kitchen floor = 11 × 16 = 176 ft²

Area of each tile = 1 ft²

The number of tiles Mrs. Allen requires is given by

Area of the floor of her kitchen divided by the area of one tile

That is

The number of tiles Mrs Allen needs =
`(Area \, \, of \, the \, \, kitchen \, floor)/( Area \, of \, each \, tile)`

The number of tiles Mrs Allen needs =
`(176 \, ft^2)/( 1 \, ft^2)`

The number of tiles she needs = 176 tiles.

Answer 2

176 tiles will be needed

Explanation:

In this question, we are asked to calculate the number of tiles needed by Mrs Allen to rule the floor of her kitchen given that each of the tile has an area of 1 square feet and the kitchen is 11ft by 16 feet

To answer this question, firstly, we need to calculate the area of the whole floor .

since the floor is rectangular in shape according to the dimensions, the area of the floor of the kitchen would be L * B = 16 * 11 = 176 square feet

Now, each of the tiles to be fitted has an area of 1 square feet, this means that the number of tiles to be fitted will be the total area of the kitchen floor divided by the area of the individual tiles

That is 176/1 = 176