Question

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

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

??

Answer 3

it asks you to calculate sq yds - but the width is 10 feet#


so

how many yards is 10 feet?

Answer 4

3.3

Answer 5

that is not quite correct (although you know how to do it)

write it as a fraction...

Answer 6

3\[3 \frac{ 3 }{ 10}\]

Answer 7

im properly wrong

Answer 8

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.......)

Answer 9

\[3\frac{ 1 }{ 3 }\]

Answer 10

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

Answer 11

ooops sorry - yards - not metres

Answer 12

yay!