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Howie’s kitchen floor is 6 feet wide and 9 feet long. He will cover the floor with 3-inch square tiles. How many tiles does Howie need?

User Laskdjf
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Answer:

640

Explanation:

The area of the bathroom is 40 square feet.

Think about how many 3 inch tiles you need to make 1 square foot: you would need to line up 4 3-inch tiles to be 12 inches long, times 4 3-inch tiles to be 12 inches wide.

So each square foot will take 4 x 4 tiles, or 16 tiles.

There are 40 square feet, each with 16 little tiles.

40 x 16 = 640 little tiles.

User Sidharth Sharma
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Answer:

216

Explanation:

6 feet widex9 feet long=54ft

3inx4=12in

12in=1ft

54x4=216

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