SOLUTION: You are tiling a kitchen floor that is 10 ft wide by 4 yd long. How many square yards of tile do you need?

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Question 663847: You are tiling a kitchen floor that is 10 ft wide by 4 yd long. How many square yards of tile do you need?
Answer by vleith(2983) About Me  (Show Source):
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The two dimensions need to be given in the same units.
A square yard is 3feet*3feet = 9 square feet
Let's find the floor eear in square feet and then convert to square yards
4 yards = 12 feet. So the floor area is
FloorAreaInSquareFeet+=+10+%2A+12
FloorAreaInSquareFeet+=+120 square feet
Convert to square yards
FloorAreaInSquareYards+=+FloorAreaInSquareFeet%2F9
FloorAreaInSquareYards++=+120+%2F9
FloorAreaInSquareYards++13.333 square yards
You will need 13 and 1/3 square yards of tile.