Carmella is tiling her shower walls. She only needs to tile 3 of the shower walls because the fourth shower wall is made of glass sliding doors . She is using 3 in by 3 in tiles and each wall is 4 ft by 6 ft. how many tiles does carmella need?

Answer 1

To find out how many tiles Carmella needs, we first need to determine the total area that needs to be tiled and then the area covered by each tile.

1. Calculate the area of one wall:

   • Each wall is 4 feet by 6 feet.
   • Area of one wall = length × height = 4 ft × 6 ft = 24 square feet.

2. Calculate the total area for 3 walls:

   • Area for 3 walls = 3 × area of one wall = 3 × 24 square feet = 72 square feet.

3. Calculate the area of one tile:

   • Each tile is 3 inches by 3 inches.
   • Convert inches to feet: 3 inches = 3/12 feet = 0.25 feet.
   • Area of one tile = length × width = 0.25 ft × 0.25 ft = 0.0625 square feet.

4. Calculate the number of tiles needed:

   • Number of tiles = total area to be tiled / area of one tile = 72 square feet / 0.0625 square feet/tile.

5. Perform the calculation: \[ \text{Number of tiles} = \frac{72}{0.0625} = 1152 \]

Carmella needs 1,152 tiles to tile the three walls of her shower.