Ron is tiling a countertop he needs to place 54 square tiles in each of eight rows to cover the counter he wants to randomly place eight groups of four blue tiles each and have the rest of the tiles be white how many white tiles will Rod need?
First I did 54 x 8= 422
Then I did 8x4=32
Last I did 32 x8 then I got 256 white tiles
Is this right
422 total
32 blue
422-32 white
not sure what the 32x8 does. That would be 8 groups of 32 blue tiles...
So it is 390 white tiles
Thank you
Your calculations are not correct. Let's break down the problem step-by-step to find the correct answer.
1. Determine the total number of tiles needed to cover the counter:
Number of tiles per row: 54
Number of rows: 8
Total tiles needed = Number of tiles per row x Number of rows = 54 x 8 = 432 tiles
2. Calculate the number of blue tiles:
Number of groups: 8
Tiles per group: 4
Total blue tiles = Number of groups x Tiles per group = 8 x 4 = 32 tiles
3. Calculate the number of white tiles needed:
Total number of tiles - Total number of blue tiles = 432 - 32 = 400 white tiles
Therefore, Ron will need 400 white tiles to cover the countertop.
To solve this problem, you first have to find the total number of tiles needed to cover the countertop. You correctly multiplied 54 tiles per row by 8 rows to get 432 tiles.
Next, you need to calculate the number of tiles that will be blue. You mentioned that Ron wants to randomly place 8 groups of 4 blue tiles each. To find the total number of blue tiles, you multiply 8 groups by 4 blue tiles per group, which results in 32 blue tiles.
To find the number of white tiles, you subtract the number of blue tiles from the total number of tiles. So, 432 - 32 = 400 white tiles.
Therefore, the correct answer is that Ron will need 400 white tiles.