Question

A flooring tile has the shape of a parallelogram whose base is $24$ $cm$ and the corresponding height is $10$ $cm$. Find the number of such tiles required to cover a floor of area 1080 $m^2$.
(4 marks)

Answer 1

Area of parallelogram = Base $\times$ Height = 24 cm $\times$ 10 cm = 240 sq.cm.
(1 mark)

Required number of tiles $=\frac{Areaoffloor}{Areaof1tile}$
(1 mark)

$\frac{1080}{240\times {10}^{-4}}$ (converting sq. m to sq. cm)

$\frac{1080\times 100\times 100}{240}=45000tiles$

(2 marks)