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 find the square root of its area. The square root of 121 is 11. Therefore, the length of one side of the square tile is 11 inches.
To compare the tile to a one foot by one foot tile, we first need to convert one foot into inches. Since one foot is equal to 12 inches, the one foot by one foot tile has an area of 12 inches by 12 inches, which is equal to 144 square inches.
Since the square tile has an area of 121 square inches, which is smaller than 144 square inches, we can conclude that the square tile is smaller than a one foot by one foot tile.