Mandy Increases her books by 2 per month. Bill increases his books by 4 per month.
Month Mandy Bill May 18 4 June 20 8 July 22 12 August 24 16 Sept 26 20 Oct 28 24 Nov 30 28 Dec 32 32 At the end of December they will have read the same amount of books.
I believe that she will need 56 square tiles. You get this by doing 7 times 8 which is 56. Then, since each tile is a one-foot square tile, you would need 56 tiles to cover the whole floor.