2. Tiles. A restaurant owner is replacing the restaurant's bathroom floor with square tiles. The tiles will be laid side-by-side to cover the entire bathroom with no gaps, and none of the tiles can be cut. The floor is a rectangle that measures 24 feet by 18 feet. a. What is the largest possible tile size she could use? Write the side length in feet. Explain how you know it's the largest possible tile. b. How many of these largest size tiles are needed? c. Name more tile sizes that are whole number of feet that she could use to cover the bathroom floor. Write the side lengths (in feet) of the square tiles. a. C. b.

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2. Tiles. A restaurant owner is replacing the
restaurant's bathroom floor with square tiles. The tiles
will be laid side-by-side to cover the entire bathroom
with no gaps, and none of the tiles can be cut. The floor
is a rectangle that measures 24 feet by 18 feet.
a. What is the largest possible tile size she could use?
Write the side length in feet. Explain how you know it's
the largest possible tile.
b. How many of these largest size tiles are needed?
C. Name more tile sizes that are whole number of feet
that she could use to cover the bathroom floor. Write
the side lengths (in feet) of the square tiles.
a.
b.
С.
9MB
Transcribed Image Text:2. Tiles. A restaurant owner is replacing the restaurant's bathroom floor with square tiles. The tiles will be laid side-by-side to cover the entire bathroom with no gaps, and none of the tiles can be cut. The floor is a rectangle that measures 24 feet by 18 feet. a. What is the largest possible tile size she could use? Write the side length in feet. Explain how you know it's the largest possible tile. b. How many of these largest size tiles are needed? C. Name more tile sizes that are whole number of feet that she could use to cover the bathroom floor. Write the side lengths (in feet) of the square tiles. a. b. С. 9MB
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