<PRE><B>Question 403330</B>
A person wishes to tile a kitchen floor with square tiles 8 inches on a side.
 if the kitchen measures 10 ft by 12 ft,how many tiles are needed? 
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Find the area of the floor in square inches: 
10 * 12 * 144 = 17280 sq/inches
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Find the area of each tile: 
8*8 = 64 sq/inches
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Find the number required
{{{17280/64}}} = 270 tiles</PRE>