SOLUTION: The kitchen floor of your home is 12’6” in width and 10’4” in length. You have decided to put in a new tile floor. The tiles that you have selected are 5” on each side.
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: The kitchen floor of your home is 12’6” in width and 10’4” in length. You have decided to put in a new tile floor. The tiles that you have selected are 5” on each side.
1. Express the area of the kitchen floor, in square feet, as an improper fraction.
2. Express the area of each tile in square feet.
3. How many tiles are required to tile the floor?
4. Explain how your answer relates to the real world This question is from textbook strategies for problem solving
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 12 1/2*10 1/3 = 25/2*31/3 OR 775/6 SQ FEET
5/12*5/12=25/144 SQ FEET
(775/6)/(25/144) OR 111600/150 OR 744 TILES ARE NEEDED
THE REAL WORLD REQUIRES A TILEMAN/WOMAN TO KNOW HOW MANY TILES HE/SHE NEEDS TO COMPLETE THE JOB. NOT TOO MANY BOXES AND NOT TOO FEW.
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