Question

You are ordering linoleum for an 18 foot by 15 foot kitchen, but when you get to the store the measurements are insquare yards, how much should you order?

Answer 1

Recall that:

$1yd^2=9ft^2.$

Now, the kitchen has an area of

$18ft*15ft=270ft^2.$

Using the above conversion, we get that:

$270ft^2=30yd^2.$

Answer:

$\begin{equation*} 30yd^2. \end{equation*}$