Question

Madhu’s room measures 6 m × 3 m. Her carpet covers 8 m². What per cent of floor is covered by the carpet?

Answer 1

Given, Madhu’s room measured = 6 m × 3 m

Also, her carpet covers = 8 m²

Need to find out percentage of floor covered by the carpet

⇒ Area of the room = 6 × 3 = 18 m² 

⇒ Now, Area covered by the carpet in percentage = `"Area covered by carpet"/"Area of the room" xx 100`

⇒ Area covered by the carpet in percentage = `8/18 xx 100`

= `800/18`

= 44.44%

Hence, area covered by the carpet in percentage is 44.44%