Georgio and Maria have decided to carpet 3 rectangular rooms that measure 22 ft by 12 ft, 18 ft by 13 ft, and 14 ft by 10 ft, plus a hallway that is 4 feet by 10 feet.
What is the total area to be carpeted, in square feet?
How many square yards are needed?
Carpet is sold by the square meter. How many square meters of carpet will be needed?

Question

Georgio and Maria have decided to carpet 3 rectangular rooms that measure 22 ft by 12 ft, 18 ft by 13 ft, and 14 ft by 10 ft, plus a hallway that is 4 feet by 10 feet. 
What is the total area to be carpeted, in square feet? 
How many square yards are needed?
Carpet is sold by the square meter. How many square meters of carpet will be needed?

anonymous · Answer

areas of first room is 22*12 = 264 sq ft 
same method for the others
to convert sq ft to sq yds  divide by 9

anonymous · Answer

Do I just add all the area's together and divide to get the answer in sq yrds? how do I convert to sq m?

anonymous · Answer

yes to first question
to convert to square metres  - i think its multiply by 0.836
i'll check up on that

anonymous · Answer

i got 75.33 sq ft, divided by 9 to get the yr^2 and got 8, and then to get m^2 I got 6.99

anonymous · Answer

you got 75.33 sq ft as the total?  cant be right as the first room area was 264 sq ft

anonymous · Answer

OH, sorry- so it's 678 sq ft?

anonymous · Answer

when i divided it to get sq yrds i got 75.33

anonymous · Answer

first room = 264 
2nd =  18*13 = 234
3rd = 140
hall = 40
total =  678
yup
divide this by 9
then multiply the result by 0.8361
to get sq m

anonymous · Answer

yes 75.33 sq yds
75.33 * 0.8361 = 62.99 sq m

anonymous · Answer

or a nice round 63 sq m

anonymous · Answer

great! I got confused, because I went on a converting site