A square tile in a kitchen has an area of 121 square inches.
What is the length of one side of the square tile in inches?
Is this tile smaller or larger than a one foot by one foot tile?
To find the length of one side of the square tile, we need to take the square root of the area. The square root of 121 is 11 inches. Therefore, one side of the square tile is 11 inches.
To compare this tile to a one foot by one foot tile, we need to convert one foot into inches. Since there are 12 inches in one foot, a one foot by one foot tile would have a length of 12 inches.
Therefore, the square tile with a length of 11 inches is smaller than a one foot by one foot tile.