Question

Natasha is setting tiles along the baseboard in her bathroom. One side of the bathroom is 18 3/4 feet. Each tile is 1 1/2 feet long. How many are tiles does she need for this section?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Length = 18 3/4 feet = 75/4 feet = 225 inches

Size of each tile = 1 1/2 feet = 18 inches

Number of tiles needed

= length/size

= 225/18

= 25/2

=12.5 tiles

Natasha needs 12 and a half tiles.

Answer 2

She needs 12 + a half  tiles in total.

Given that:

Length of one side of bathroom = $18\dfrac{3}{4} = \dfrac{75}{4}$   feet.

Length of each tile = $1\dfrac{1}{2} = \dfrac{3}{2}$  feet.

To find:

Number of tiles she need for this section.

Calculations:

We use division to find how many tiles would she need:

$\text{Number of tiles} = \dfrac{\text{Total length of side}}{\text{Length of tile}}\\\\\text{Number of tiles} = \dfrac{\dfrac{75}{4}}{\dfrac{3}{2}}\\\\\text{Number of tiles} = \dfrac{75 \times 2}{4 \times 3}\\\\\text{Number of tiles} = \dfrac{25}{2} = 12.5$

Thus, in total, she would need 12 + 0.5 = 12 tiles and a half of a tile.

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