Question

Your bedroom which measures 15 feet by 12 feet needs new carpeting.What is the area of the bedroom in square feet?

Answer 1

Need help

Answer 2

A = L x W

Answer 3

area is
length times width

Answer 4

15 * 12 gives area

Answer 5

180

Answer 6

yep do not for get units

Answer 7

So how do you label it 180 what

Answer 8

180 square feet

Answer 9

o it is
180 ft ^2

Answer 10

want the reason?

Answer 11

So I use 180 ft. & leave off the ^2 or use it

Answer 12

Yes you can give me the reason

Answer 13

15 ft
* 12 * ft
------------
180 ft^2

Answer 14

I didn't understand your last comment

Answer 15

i am assuming you have gone over exponents?

Answer 16

What does that mean

Answer 17

hmmm

do you know what an exponent is?

Answer 18

I thought I did

Answer 19

have you gone over them?

Answer 20

I have but I have done so much different kinds of math its hard to keep up with it all

Answer 21

well
trust me you ll need them
study the laws of exponents

Answer 22

Ok I will

Answer 23

That problem is a exponent

Answer 24

exponents are ^x for instance ^2 or ^3

Answer 25

It means to multiply the number by itself x times

Answer 26

ok but back to your original question

Answer 27

you see how it works out

15 ft ft ^ 2 = ft ^ 2
12 ft
--------
180 ft^2

Answer 28

Your bedroom which measures 15 feet by 12 feet needs new carpeting.What is the area of the bedroom in square feet? Heres my word problem again

Answer 29

you got the answer above
i just put unit for you
and explained the reason y

Answer 30

or tried to explain

Answer 31

So the answer is 180 ft ^2

Answer 32

yes

Answer 33

Thank you guys for your help