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AMO 2017 – Secondary 1 (Grade 7) Question 19

AMO · AMO 2017 – Secondary 1 (Grade 7)

Question 19

Jethro wishes to tile a $10$ cm by $15$ cm rectangular floor using giant J-shaped tiles. Each tile has area $6\text{ cm}^2$ and is composed of $1$ cm by $1$ cm square sections as shown. What is the smallest area, in square centimetres, of the floor that cannot be covered? Tiles cannot be cut or overlapped.

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