Ron is tiling a countertop. He needs to place 54 square tiles in each of 8 rows to cover the counter. He wants to randomly place 8 groups of 4 blue tiles each and have the rest of the tiles be white. How many tiles will Ron need?

54 - (8 * 4) = ?

54

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To determine the total number of tiles Ron will need, we need to add the number of blue tiles and white tiles.

First, let's calculate the number of blue tiles. Ron wants to randomly place 8 groups of 4 blue tiles each, so we multiply the number of groups (8) by the number of tiles in each group (4). Therefore, Ron will need 8 groups * 4 tiles/group = 32 blue tiles.

Next, let's calculate the number of white tiles. Ron needs to place a total of 54 square tiles in each of 8 rows. As he wants to have blue tiles in each row, the remaining tiles in each row will be white. So, in each row, there will be 54 total tiles - 32 blue tiles = 22 white tiles.

Since there are 8 rows, Ron will need 8 rows * 22 white tiles/row = 176 white tiles.

Now, let's add the blue and white tiles to find the total number of tiles Ron will need. Ron will need 32 blue tiles + 176 white tiles = 208 tiles.

Therefore, Ron will need a total of 208 tiles to cover the countertop.