SOLUTION: i have 540 sq ft of floor to cover with tiles.
each tile is 20.5" by 20.5"
How many tiles do i need?
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Question 646894: i have 540 sq ft of floor to cover with tiles.
each tile is 20.5" by 20.5"
How many tiles do i need?
Found 2 solutions by MathLover1, stanbon:
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the area of floor is .
each tile is by ; so, find the area of a tile
....now convert into
There are to a because
now, divide the area of a floor with area of a tile to get a number of tiles needed
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
i have 540 sq ft of floor to cover with tiles.
each tile is 20.5" by 20.5"
How many tiles do i need?
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area of each time: 20.5^2 = 420.25 sq inches
420.25 sq in (1 ft/12 in)^2 = 420.5/144 = 2.918 sq ft.
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# of tiles = 540/2.918 = 185.03
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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