A rectangular courtyard in a school is 180 m long and 144 m wide
MATHEMATICS · Multi-part · CBSE · Mathematics · Real Numbers · Real Numbers
Problem
A rectangular courtyard in a school is 180 m long and 144 m wide. The management wants to pave the entire floor with square tiles of equal side so that no tile has to be cut.
(i) Determine the largest possible side of the square tile that can be used.
(ii) Calculate the number of such tiles required to cover the whole courtyard.
(iii) If each tile costs Rs 250, find the total cost incurred in paving the courtyard.