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Number of tiles to cover a rectangle

Calculating the number of tiles to cover a rectangle

This skill teaches how to calculate the number of smaller tiles needed to cover a larger rectangular area by dividing the area of the large rectangle by the area of one tile.

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Teaching Transcript

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How many of the smaller tiles will it take to cover the larger area

Area is width times height, so let's find our areas. The larger area is 48

And the tile is half times half, which is one quarter, or 0.25

The number of tiles will be the larger area divided by the area of each tile

When we divide by one quarter, or 0.25, it's the same as multiplying by 4

So the number of tiles to cover the larger area is 192

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Calculating the number of tiles to cover a rectangle

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