You are tiling a kitchen floor that is 10ft wide by 4yds long. How many square yards of tile do you need?

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mrnood · Answer

first  write down 10 ft in yds (as a proper fraction)

arianna842 · Answer

??

mrnood · Answer

it asks you to calculate sq yds - but the width is 10 feet#


so 

how many yards is 10 feet?

arianna842 · Answer

3.3

mrnood · Answer

that is not quite correct (although you know how to do it)

 write it as a fraction...

arianna842 · Answer

3$$3 \frac{ 3 }{ 10}$$

arianna842 · Answer

im properly wrong

mrnood · Answer

not quite correct either - but you are almost there

it is 10/3

write that as a fraction 

(as a decimal it is 3.33333333333.......)

arianna842 · Answer

$$3\frac{ 1 }{ 3 }$$

mrnood · Answer

Good - well done

so the width is3 1/3m
and the length is 4 m

so the area is width x length in sq m

mrnood · Answer

ooops sorry - yards - not metres

arianna842 · Answer

yay!