Question

Carpet is sold in square yards. How much carpet would a person need to buy for a rectangular room that has dimensions of 10 yards by 18 feet?
180 square yards
60 square yards
540 square yards
15 square yards

Answer 1

Alright, lets get started.

Here the dimensions of the room are given 10 yards by 18 feet.

We need to first convert this 18 feet into yards to make the units same.

3 feets = 1 yards

1 feet = $\frac{1}{3}$ yards

18 feet = $\frac{1}{3}* 18 = 6$ yards

It means the dimensions of the room is 10 yards by 6 yards.

So, the carpet we need should be equal to the area of the room.

Area of the room is = $10 * 6$

Area of the room = 60 square yards

Hence we need 60 square yards carpet for the room. : Answer

Hope it will help :)

Answer 2

1 yard = 3 feet
10 yards = 30 feet
Area of rectangle =18*30=540 yards