document.write( "Question 9395: How many tiles, which measures 1x1 would I need to fill a 10x14 room? \n" ); document.write( "

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You'll need to find the area of the floor first. You do this by multiplying the
\n" ); document.write( "length of the two different sides of the room, the 10' and 14' measurements
\n" ); document.write( "you are given in the problem. You can get a visual look at this if you have a
\n" ); document.write( "piece of graph paper. Cut it so that you have a rectangle 10 squares wide
\n" ); document.write( "and 14 squares long. Each square represents one tile. You can either count
\n" ); document.write( "them by hand (whew), or you can multiply 10 X 14 = 140 tiles. You can always
\n" ); document.write( "find the area of a rectangle by multiplying the two sides together. Think of
\n" ); document.write( "the graph paper and you'll see why. \n" ); document.write( "

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