a party room measures 80 feet by 60 feet. If the dance floor takes up 25% of the party room, how many square feet of floor space does the dance floor have?
80 * 60 * 0.25 = ________ square feet
1200 sq ft.
Right.
To find the square footage of the dance floor in the party room, we need to calculate the area of the entire room and then determine 25% of that area.
First, we find the area of the room by multiplying the length (80 feet) by the width (60 feet):
Area of the room = Length × Width
Area of the room = 80 feet × 60 feet
Area of the room = 4800 square feet
Now, we need to calculate 25% of the total area to find the square footage of the dance floor. To do this, we multiply the area of the room by 25% (or 0.25):
Square footage of the dance floor = Area of the room × 25%
Square footage of the dance floor = 4800 square feet × 0.25
Square footage of the dance floor = 1200 square feet
Therefore, the dance floor has a total of 1200 square feet of floor space.