Question

Help pls: ava’s bedroom rug is 2 3/4 long and 2 1/2 feet wide. What is the area of the rug?

Answer 1

6.875 feet, you multiply the 2 numbers

Answer 2

area is length times width, so it is

(2 3/4)(2 1/2) = (11/4)(5/2) = 55/8 = 6 7/8 ft^2