The top of Kevin's dining room table is 4 feet long, and 3 feet wide. Kevin wants to cover the middle of the table with tiles. He plans to leave a 6 inch border around the edge of the table and tile in the center. How many square feet of tile will he need?

Answer 1

so the area of the table to be tiled is
4ft - 2(6inches) by 3ft - 2(6inches)
= 3 ft by 2 ft.
and that area is 6 ft^2