Question 116805: How many 6 in. x 6 in. tiles would be needed to cover a floor that is 96 square feet? Found 2 solutions by Fombitz, mdfetterman:Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Each tile takes up 6x6=36 square inches.
The entire floor is 96 square feet.
In terms of square inches, it would be 96 sq.ft x 12 in/ft x 12 in/ft=13824 square inches.
If we divide the total area by the are of one tile, we can find how many tiles are needed.
144 tiles are needed to cover the floor.
You can put this solution on YOUR website! I believe Fombitz is a little off.
Yes each tile takes up 36 square inches.
Also Yes the floor is 13824 square inches,
However 144 tiles x 36 square inches per tile = 5184 square inches of coverage
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So, 384 tiles are required to cover the floor
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