A kitchen is shaped like a rectangle with dimensions of 11 1/2 ft by 9 1/2 ft. The floor of the room is made of square tiles with a side length of 1/2 ft. What is the number of tiles that will cover the kitchen floor?
Times 11.5 by 9.5 to get the total area Then Times 0.5 by itself to get the area of the tile Then Divide the total area by the area of a single tile to get the amount of tiles