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mathxyz

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Bedroom Tiles

How many tiles of length 5 cm and breadth 8 cm are needed to tile the floor of a bed room 200 cm long and 400 cm wide?

Seeking the set up only.

Thanks.

Bob

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Re: Bedroom Tiles

As both 5 and 8 go into both length and width you can put the tiles either way round and there's no half tiles needed.

Quickest is to use n times area of tile = area of floor.

Bob

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mathxyz

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From: Brooklyn, NY

Registered: 2024-02-24

Posts: 1,053

Re: Bedroom Tiles

As both 5 and 8 go into both length and width you can put the tiles either way round and there's no half tiles needed.

Quickest is to use n times area of tile = area of floor.

Bob

Copy. Will do.