Question

Mr taylor is laying tiles on the kitchen floor .The floor is 5m by 7m.How many 20 square tiles will he need to cover the floor

Answer 1

use the concept of area of kitchen floor/ area of sqaure tiles

Answer 2

floor 5 m by 20 m is covered by square tiles of side 20 cm. 5 m = 500 cm; so 500/20 = 25 tiles will fit along that side. 20 m = 2000 cm; so 2000/20= 100 tiles will fit along that side. So the floor is 25 tiles x 100 ti