Jill and John are building a square tile patio that is 8 tiles wide on each of the 4 sides. How many tiles does he need?

Answer 1

What we are looking for is the area of a Square. To figure this out, you will need to multiply the width times the length. In this case the width and the length are the same because it is a square. So we multiply 8 X 8 = 64.

64 is the answer

Answer 2

Hi Ludy,

If the patio is a square with 8 tiles wide on each side, then we can figure out how many total tiles are in the patio..

To find the total number of tiles in a square, you need to multiply the length times the width.

So, this is 8x8 = 64 tiles.

Hope this helps. :)