Question

Jason has 75 feet wallpaper border.He wants to put up a wallpaper border around his rectangular bedroom that measures 12 feet by 14 feet. He multiplies 12×14=168 to get an exact answer of how much border he needs.He concludes that he does not have enough border for the whole job

Answer 1

Why did he multiply? Why would it take 168 feet to border two 12-foot-walls and two 14-foot walls?

Answer 2

So what is the answer

Answer 3

168

Answer 4

61