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waven

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Registered: 2009-10-06

Posts: 11

AREA PROBLEMS [hard]

Floor tiles measure 300mm by 300mm. How many would be needed to cover a floor measuring 2.4m by 3.6m?

i checked the answer and its "96" im assuming its in metres, but my previous answers were nothing close to the answer

Last edited by waven (2009-10-06 02:27:21)

bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 109,606

Re: AREA PROBLEMS [hard]

Hi waven;

This is how the carpet stores do it. 2.4 m is 8 of them across. 3.6 m is 12 of them down.

8 * 12 = 96 tiles

Last edited by bobbym (2009-10-06 03:00:05)

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