Below is a diagram of your new bedroom. (Note: The diagram is not
exactly to scale.)
a. You are going to get flooring for your
new room. You need to know the area of
the floor in order to determine how much it
will cost to buy hardwood floors. What is
the area of the room?
b. The total cost for the hardwood floor
was $425.00. How much did it cost per
square metre?
c. You are also putting baseboards around the room. Baseboards come in pieces that are 1.5 m
long. How many pieces will you need?
d. The cost of baseboards is $8.97 per piece from part a. Estimate, using whole numbers, how
much it will cost you to put baseboards in your room.
e. A cousin is coming to live with you and you need to share your room with him/her. You have
been told that you have to give your cousin half of the room. How much floor space will your
cousin get?
f. Your cousin is bringing a bed and a desk that are the same size as yours. How much floor
space will be left in the room after your cousin moves in?
g. Your parents are bugging you to practice your math. They ask you if you can figure out
about what fraction of the room is covered approximately? Explain your thinking to them.