6-4 Finding Area-Tiling a Floor
Imagine you are to help your parents, a relative, or friend tile a kitchen floor. Before begin-
ning the job, you should determine the number of tiles you will need and calculate the cost.
Study the diagram. Use the dimensions given to determine any missing dimensions you will
need, then answer the questions that follow.
doorway
cabinets, stove, countertop, sink
island
4'
2'
22'
countertop, cabinet
refrigerator 32"
cabinet
2'-
doorway
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1. What is the total area of the kitchen floor?
2. What is the area covered by cabinets, the stove, sink, and the island?
This area is not to be tiled.
16'
3. Subtract the area that is not to be tiled from the total area. What is the area that must be
tiled?
4. If the size of the tiles are 12 inches by 12 inches, how many will you need?
5. If the tiles are packaged in boxes of 45, how many boxes will you need?
6. The cost of a box containing 45 tiles is $44.95. What is the total cost? (Assume that sales
tax is not required.)
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