Question

A section of a rectangular floor is covered with square tiles, as shown below. Each square tile has a side length of ¼ foot.

Answer 1

The area of the rectangular floor, which  is covered with square tiles having length of ¼ foot is 1.25 ft².

What is the area of a rectangle?

Area of a rectangle is the product of the length of the rectangle and the width of the rectangle. It can be given as,

$A=a\times b$

Here, (a)is the length of the rectangle and (b) is the width of the rectangle

A section of a rectangular floor is covered with square tiles, as shown below. Each square tile has a side length of ¼ foot.

The section consist of 5 row. Thus, the length of the floor is,

$l=5\times\dfrac{1}{4}\\l=\dfrac{5}{4}\rm\; ft$

The floor has 4 columns made with square tiles. Thus, the width of the floor is,

$w=4\times\dfrac{1}{4}\\w=1\rm\; ft$

The area of the floor with 5/4 ft length and 1 ft width is,

$A=\dfrac{5}{4}\times1\\A=\dfrac{5}{4}\\A=1.25\rm\; ft^2$

Thus, the area of the rectangular floor, which  is covered with square tiles having length of ¼ foot is 1.25 ft².

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