Question

kelly is tiling a bathroom using square tiles that have a width of 3.5 inches. The floor of the bathroom is a rectangle that is 8 feet long and 5 feet wide. Kelly will have to cut some tiles but can use the leftover tiles if possible. The tiles come in boxes that contain 60 tiles. Determine the minimum number of boxes of tiles Kelly will need to tile the bathroom

Answer 1

You would need at least ((8*5)*12^2)/((3.5)^2)) = 7.836734693877551. Therefore, the minimum number you would need is 8 boxes.