Week 35: Tiles

Thank you to Ed Campos for translating this week's newsletter into Spanish. For the link to share, please use bit.ly/TTM35spanish

Have you seen that Table Talk Math is now a book and available on Amazon? Check it out and let me know what you think! If you'd rather get a free copy, email me or Tweet me your solution for one of the challenges, along with how you and your child worked through the problem(s); I'll pick at least one subscriber and send you a copy of Table Talk Math!

OH NO! I bought tile to upgrade my bathroom floor, but forgot the tape measure at my friend's house. Can you help?

How many tiles would it take to cover the floor from start to finish in the image above?

I'm wondering, though, how did you come up with your solution? Sure, you can space it out by looking at your screen. You can eyeball it and estimate, but you're bound to spend too much or--worse--not enough on tile.

If you want a little more help, and have a Google account, you can use this Google Drawing from which the image was created. All you need to do is go to Filer and Make a Copy. Want my solution? Email me and I'll share what I did, but only if you share your strategy!

Ok, so that was fun, but how about stepping it up?

How many of these tiles would it take to cover the grey floor completely? Again, if you want the Google Drawing of this, follow the link. Want the solution? Send me yours via email, comment on this blog, or Twitter.