Hexagonal bathroom tile is back in style across American renovations — and the honeycomb pattern is not just pretty, it is ruthlessly efficient. In plain words, a regular hexagon is six equilateral triangles in disguise: its area equals half its perimeter times its apothem (the distance from center to the middle of a side), which simplifies to (3 × √3 / 2) times the side length squared. A 2-inch tile covers about 10.4 square inches. Bees worked this out first — hexagons pack maximum honeycomb storage into minimum wax. Homeowners ordering hex floor tile, quilters cutting honeycomb blocks, and students tackling polygon homework all need this area. Count the tiles, multiply by one tile's area, and add ten percent for cuts.

This calculator evaluates the area from side and apothem. Type the side length into the Variable A box, say 2, and the apothem into the Variable B box, say 1.732. Read the area from the Result box — about 10.39 square inches. If your tile specs list only the side, find the apothem with side × √3 / 2 first.

With the pre-filled defaults — Variable A 10, Variable B 5 — the Hexagon Calculator returns Result 50.0000. Change any input and those results update instantly, so you can see exactly how each number you enter moves the answer.