A square in a tile 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. Therefore, one side of the square tile is 11 inches long.
A one foot by one foot tile is equivalent to 12 inches by 12 inches, so it has an area of 144 square inches. Therefore, the tile with an area of 121 square inches is smaller than a one foot by one foot tile.