6th grade math trouble

[tinkergirl]

It says

The front of an apartment building is a rectangle 60 feet tall and 25 feet wide. Bricks cover its surface,except for a door and 10 windows.The door is 7 feet tall and 3 feet wide. each window is 4 feet tall and 2 feet wide. how many square feet of bricks cover the front side of the building:?:

please explain how im supposed to get the answer :razz:

 

[Mrspi]

It says

The front of an apartment building is a rectangle 60 feet tall and 25 feet wide. Bricks cover its surface,except for a door and 10 windows.The door is 7 feet tall and 3 feet wide. each window is 4 feet tall and 2 feet wide. how many square feet of bricks cover the front side of the building:?:

please explain how im supposed to get the answer :razz:

First, I think you need to find the area of the front of the building. The front of the building is a rectangle that is 60 feet by 25 feet. You'll need that area.

The whole front of the building is not made of bricks, though. There is a door, which is 7 feet tall by 3 feet wide. The door is not covered with bricks. You'll need to find the area of the doorway.

There are also some windows. Each window is 4 feet tall by 3 feet wide, and there are 10 of those windows. The windows are not covered with bricks either. Find the area of one window and then multiply that by the number of windows.

The area of the building front that is NOT covered with bricks is

Area of front - area of doorway - area of windows = area covered by bricks

 

[wjm11]

The front of an apartment building is a rectangle 60 feet tall and 25 feet wide. Bricks cover its surface,except for a door and 10 windows.The door is 7 feet tall and 3 feet wide. each window is 4 feet tall and 2 feet wide. how many square feet of bricks cover the front side of the building:?:

First calculate the area of the front of the building, using the simple A = LxW equation. Next, calculate the area of the windows and door using the same formula. Finally, subtract the window and door areas from the building area. That's all there is to it.

Oops. MrsPi beat me to it.