Question

Tom wants to tile the floor in his kitchen, which has an area of 320 square feet. In the store, the smallest tile he likes has an area of 1.1 square feet and the largest tile he likes has an area of 1.815 square feet. About how many tiles can be fitted in the given area?

Answer 1

About 352 of the 1.1 square feet tiles can fit.

Answer 2

291 small tiles or 177 large size tiles

Explanation:

Tom wants to tile the floor in his kitchen, which has an area = 320 feet²

In the store, he likes two type of tile one has an area = 1.1 square feet

and the other has an area = 1.815 square feet.

So he needs the number of small tiles =
`(320)/(1.1)` ≈ 291 tiles

If he needs the number of large tiles =
`(320)/(1.815)` ≈ 177 tiles