Homework Help: math

Posted by racuel on Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 9:47pm.

if i have a 90 length and a 40 width inch of a house and i want to add tiles so i get a 16 inch by 16 inch tile for a "perfect square" how may tiles will i need

math - Steve, Friday, September 30, 2011 at 11:25am
If you tile a 5x2 section, you cover 80x32 inches.

That leaves an 8x90 strip across the top, which uses up another 3 tiles

That leaves a 10x32 strip on the left, which uses 2 more tiles

Total: 15 tiles

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