Question

mary wants to put square tiles on the kitchen floor. The tile she has selected is 12 inches on each side and comes in boxs of20 tiles for $54 per box. Her kitchen is 15 feet 8 inches log and 5 feet 9 inches wide. How many boxes of tile will she need and what will be theprice of the tile?

Answer 1

assuming any partial tiles are thrown away, the floor is

16 x 6 tiles
So, 96 tiles are needed
So, 5 boxes of 20 must be purchased, for $270

Answer 2

Joan wants to cover her kitchen floor with tiles. The floor is in the shape of a rectangle with width 9 feet and length 12.5 feet, and each tile is in the shape of a square with side length 1 foot. The tiles are sold only by the box, and each box holds 10 tiles. The tiles will be placed such that there will be no overlapping of and no space between the tiles, and the tiles can be cut if necessary. If the entire kitchen floor is to be covered with tiles, what is the minimum number of boxes of tiles that Joan will need to buy?