A restaurant owner is replacing the restaurant's bathroom floor with square tiles. The tiles will be laid side-by-side to cover the entire bathroom with no gaps, and none of the tiles can be cut. The floor is a rectangle that measures 24 feet by 18 feet.

a. What is the largest possible tile size she could use? Write the side length in feet. Explain how you know it's the largest possible tile.

b. How many of these largest size tiles are needed?

c. Name more tile sizes that are whole number of feet that she could use to cover the bathroom floor. Write the side lengths (in feet) of the square tiles.

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Dominic Small

7 December, 07:38

A restaurant owner is replacing the restaurant's bathroom floor with square tiles. The tiles will be laid side-by-side to cover the entire bathroom with no gaps, and none of the tiles can be cut. The floor is a rectangle that measures 24 feet by 18 feet.

a. What is the largest possible tile size she could use? Write the side length in feet. Explain how you know it's the largest possible tile.

b. How many of these largest size tiles are needed?

c. Name more tile sizes that are whole number of feet that she could use to cover the bathroom floor. Write the side lengths (in feet) of the square tiles.

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Colby Bradford · Answer 1

Answer: A. 9x9 tiles are the biggest ones that she can use. B. 48 C. Examples are: 8x8, 6x6, 4x4, 3x3, 2x2, and 1x1 ft

Step-by-step explanation: If the area is 432 ft. then you would have to find the tiles that can be put in there but can also be equally divided by the number.