Home Depot Math Test

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Home Depot Math Test

Postby Test » Mon Jan 16, 2006 3:30 am

question 1
if a room is 4 meters by 5 meters, how many square meters are there?


Question 2
If a Single roll of wall paper will cover 3 square meters, how many single rolls will it take to cover a wall 2 meters x 5 meters?

Question 3
Ifa customer buys 2 kg of nails at 16 cents a kg how much would the nails cost? (answer i got was 32cents plus canadian tax)

Question 4
if ceremic tiles are 203 mm x 203 mm, How many tiles would it take to cover an area 1 meters x 2 meters?

Im trying to help out a friend but I seem to be stuck i have not done anytype of math in 2 years so my memory is blank please help!!!
Thanks :idea:
Test
 

Postby Guest » Tue Jan 17, 2006 9:27 am

answer for number one is 20 square meters
answer for number 2 is 4 rolls
answer for number 3 in 32 cents and
number 4 I dont know
Guest
 

Postby Guest » Wed Jan 18, 2006 12:17 am

number 4 would be 10 because there are 1000mm in a meter
Guest
 

Re: Home Depot Math Test

Postby Guest » Sun Jan 23, 2011 6:08 pm

number 4 would be 50 not 10.

1 meter = 1000 mm

It will take QTY 25 203 x 203 mm tiles to cover 1 meter. ( 5 tiles up, 5 tiles over. 5 times 5 is 25)

so 2 square meters would take 50 tiles
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