A rectangular floor is 18 feet long and 12 feet wide. What is the area of the floor in square yards?

Answer 1

The formula for the area of a rectangle is length * width

However, the dimensions are given in feet and they want the answer in yards. So you can either covert the feet to yards and then multiply, or multiply then convert to square yards.

Method 1:

18 feet = 18/3 = 6 yards

12 feet = 12/3 = 4 yards

Area = length * width = 6 * 4 = 24 square yards

Method 2:

Area = length * width = 18 * 12 = 216 square feet

There are 9 square feet in one square yard, so

216 square feet/9 square feet/yd = 24 square yards

Answer 2

Hi Crack C

Just convert the feet to yards, using the conversion factor, (1yd/3ft) and multiply the dimensions

18 ft(1yd/3ft) = 6 yds

And

12 ft(1yd/3ft) = 4 yds

Area in square yards is

6 x 4 = 24 square yards

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