Question

A flooring company ships 13x13 inch tile in boxes of 11 tiles each, on pallets containing 40 boxes (Check Work Required. Please Help)
A) How many square feet does each box contain?
B) How many square feet will a pallet of tile cover?

Answer 1

Each tile cover an area of 13 in*13 in= 1.08 ft *1.08 ft= 1.17 square feet.

A) Each box contains 11 tiles, each of which covers 1.17 square feet.

So the area each box covers is 11*1.17 square feet=12.87 square feet

B) A pallet contains 40 boxes, each of which covers 12.87 square feet, 

so one pallet covers 40*12.87 square feet=514.8 square feet.


Answer:

A) 12.87 square feet

B) 514.8 square feet.