How many tiles of this size should she purchase? Class 7

How many tiles of this size should she purchase? Class 7

Question 1.

How many tiles of this size should she purchase? Class 7

What if Sameeksha did not insist on the length of the tile to be a whole number of feet and the length could be a fractional number of feet? Would the answer change?

Solution:

Tiles of this size to be purchased = [latex]\frac{16 \times 12}{4}[/latex] = 48

Yes, the answer will be going on increasing.

Question 2.

Which weight should she choose to minimise the number of bags? Class 7

Solution:

Their HCF = 12 kg.