Question

A rectangular path of 60 m length and 3 m width is covered by square tiles of side 25 cm. How many tiles will there be in one row along its width? How many such rows will be there? Find the number of tiles used to make this path?

Answer 1

Given, length of path = 60 m

and width of path = 3 m

Side of square tile = 25 cm = $\frac{25}{100}$m= 0.25 m [$\because$1 m= 100 cm]

Diagram of path is shown below

Number of tiles in one row along width = $\frac{\text{Width}}{\text{Side of one tile}}=\frac{3}{0.25}=\frac{3\times 100}{25}=12$

Number of rows = $\frac{\text{Length}}{\text{Side of one tile}}=\frac{60}{0.25}=\frac{60}{25}\times 100=240$

Also, number of tiles = Number of tiles in one row $\times$ Number of rows = 12 $\times$ 240 = 2880

Number of tiles = 2880