about how many square yards of carpet is needed for this job?

Question

A customer wants to carpet a family room measuring 14' 6" by 22' 9" and a hallway that is 4' by 9' 8". Ignoring any waste, about how much carpet is needed for this job?

Answer 1

since we are ignoring waste, let's look at the full size

 

14'6" will need 15 feet

 

22'9" will need 23 feet

 

to get square feet~~ multiply 15 * 23 = 345 sq. feet

 

Since a square yard is 3' x 3' or 9 square feet, divide 345 by 9 to get square yards = 38 1/3 sq yards

 

Hall way 4' x10' = 40 sq. feet

 

Divide by 9 sq. feet to get 5 sq. yards

 

 

Adding those together we get 43 1/3 or about 44 sq yards of carpeting must be purchased.