Thread: measuring bricks

Could you please help me answer this question. Say that I am laying bricks- If my room is 6ft wide and 24ft long how many 4inch by 8inch bricks will I need?

Originally Posted by Jennifer Batson

Could you please help me answer this question. Say that I am laying bricks- If my room is 6ft wide and 24ft long how many 4inch by 8inch bricks will I need?

6 x 24 = 144 square feet.

Given that 1 foot is 12 inches, let's convert the inches to feet.

Brick's width = 4/12 = 1/3 feet
Brick's length = 8/12 = 2/3 feet

Brick's area = 2/9 square feet


So the number of bricks we want is: Bricks