Area square tiles question

[camrynsmom07]

I need help with this question on a worksheet. I know the area of the shape is 60 sq. yards. The question asks.
1)They want to buy one-foot-square tiles. How many tiles do they need? Please explain to me the steps on how to get this.
2) A box of 12 tiles costs $40. How many boxes of tiles do they need, and how much will they cost?
Thanks

 

[Deleted member 4993]

I need help with this question on a worksheet. I know the area of the shape is 60 sq. yards. The question asks.
1)They want to buy one-foot-square tiles. How many tiles do they need? Please explain to me the steps on how to get this.
2) A box of 12 tiles costs $40. How many boxes of tiles do they need, and how much will they cost?
Thanks

How many foot in a yard?

How many sq.ft. in a sq.yd?

Please read the post titled "Read before Posting".

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[JeffM]

I need help with this question on a worksheet. I know the area of the shape is 60 sq. yards. The question asks.
1)They want to buy one-foot-square tiles. How many tiles do they need? Please explain to me the steps on how to get this.
2) A box of 12 tiles costs $40. How many boxes of tiles do they need, and how much will they cost?
Thanks

It would be far easier for us to have the child ask questions directly.

However, given that you are asking us to teach the teacher, have your child do this while asking the following questions.

Draw a big square. Pretend that each side represents a yard.

What is the area of the big square? One square yard of course.

How many feet are there in a yard? Three of course.

Using a dot, mark off on each side of the square the number of feet. Top line will look like this ___.___.___

Now using lines parallel to the sides of the big square, draw lines joining the dots.

This will divide the big square into a number of smaller squares. How many do you count?

Given that the big square represents an area of one square yard, what area does each small square represent?

Apply what was just learned to the problem at hand.

If you continue to have trouble or want us to confirm your child's answer, please ask a follow-up question.

 

[camrynsmom07]

math

I figured it out. There are 9 1ft square tiles in a square yd.
9*60= 540 sq. yds. Thanks anyway.

 

[lookagain]

I figured it out. There are 9 1ft square tiles in a square yd.

9*60= 540 sq. > > >yds. < < <

No, they are square feet.


Here is the conversion:



\(\displaystyle \dfrac{60 \ \ sq. \ yds.}{1} \cdot \dfrac{9 \ \ one-foot \ \ square \ \ tiles}{1 \ sq. \ yd. } \ =\)


\(\displaystyle \text{540 one-foot square tiles}\)