Question

Square slabs of side 40cm are to be paved in the rectangular courtyard of an office 24m

long and 16m wide.Find the number of slabs required?

Answer 1

Its a theory about space

Answer 2

first you find the area.

16 * 24

aea of the courtyard is 384 meters

there is 100 cm in a meter

100 cm by 40 cm (the size of the slab)

you get 2.5 slabs per meter then you multiply by the total meters of the courtyard

2.4 * 384 = 960

you need 960 slabs

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