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MAT101: Week 12 Assignment Details
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Week 12 Assignment: Home Improvements
Assignment Overview
Homeowners often decide to make changes to their homes. Many projects require little experience or
expertise to complete, while others require licensed individuals. Imagine that you just moved into a
house, but you want to spruce up the living room and kitchen areas. You wish to add new carpet,
trim, and paint for the living room. You want to retile the kitchen floor and paint its walls.
In this assignment, you will calculate the costs to make improvements to the two rooms.
Assignment Details:
Perform the following tasks:
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Complete the reading assignment and the interactive lesson before attempting this
assignment.
Attend the instructor session to prepare for this assignment.
You want to upgrade the living room and kitchen in the house you just purchased. This will
include:
o new carpet in the living room
o new wood trim along the base of the walls in the living room
o paint the living room
o new tile in the kitchen
o paint the kitchen
The diagram represents the floor plan for these two rooms.
Follow the instructions and enter your responses in the appropriate places.
Calculations must be free of mathematical errors.
Responses to questions must have correct spelling and grammar.
Submit Week 12 Assignment via Blackboard by clicking on the “Week 12 Assignment” link.
Include the proper file naming convention: MAT101_wk12_assn_jsmith_mmddyyyy.
Room Dimensions
Living Room:
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Room: 12 feet x 19 feet
Wall Height: 8 feet
o 4 walls painted
Kitchen:
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Room: 12 feet x 12 feet
Wall Height: 8 feet
o 3 walls painted
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Living Room Upgrade
1. Find the perimeter of the room. Do not consider doorways in your calculations. (include units)
2. You will use an oak wood trim for the living room. Each piece of trim is 3 feet long. How many
pieces will you need to buy?
3. Each piece of trim is $6.99. What is the total cost of the wood trim that you will need to buy?
Use a sales tax rate of 7% to calculate the total cost.
4. Find the area of the floor space in this room. (include units)
5. The carpet you would like to use costs $4.99 per square foot and the carpet padding costs
$1.19 per square foot. What is the total cost for the carpet and padding? Use a sales tax rate
of 7% to calculate the total cost.
6. The walls in the living room are 8 feet tall. If you ignore doors and windows, what is the total
wall area of the four walls in the living room? (include units)
7. A gallon of paint will cover 250 square feet of wall space. How many gallons of paint will you
need for the living room? (Round up to nearest gallon.)
8. If the cost of the paint is $15.99 per gallon, what is the total cost of the paint? Use a sales tax
rate of 7% to calculate the total cost.
Show work below
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Answer with
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Perimeter of living
room (include units)
Number of pieces
of wood trim
needed
Cost of wood trim
(included tax)
Area of living room
(include units)
Cost of carpet and
padding (included
tax)
Area of walls
(include units)
Number of gallons
of paint needed
(rounded up)
Cost of paint
(included tax)
Kitchen Upgrade
1. Find the area of the floor space in the kitchen. (include units)
2. The tile you would like to use is 1.5 feet by 1.5 feet per tile. What is the area of one piece of
tile? (include units)
3. How many tiles do you need to purchase to cover your kitchen floor?
4. The tile you want to purchase comes in packages of 10 tiles per package. How many
packages will you need to purchase?
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5. Each package of tile is $41.99. What is the total cost of the tile? Use a sales tax rate of 7% to
calculate the total cost.
6. The walls in the kitchen are 8 feet tall. You will only paint three walls of the kitchen because
one wall is covered with cabinets. If you ignore doors and windows, what is the total wall area
of the three walls that will be painted in the kitchen? (include units)
7. A gallon of paint for the kitchen will cover 300 square feet of wall space. How many gallons of
paint will you need for the kitchen? (Round up to nearest gallon.)
8. If the cost of the kitchen paint is $16.99 per gallon, what is the total cost of the paint? Use a
sales tax rate of 7% to calculate the total cost.
Show work below
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Area of kitchen
(include units)
Area of one piece of
tile (include units)
Number of tiles
needed
Number of packages
of tile needed
Cost of tile (included
tax)
Area of kitchen to be
painted (include
units)
Number of gallons of
paint needed
(rounded up)
Cost of paint
(included tax)
Reflection
Respond to the following questions:
1. What is the total cost of this project, including sales tax? Show all work.
2. What additional items will you need to purchase to complete this project?
3. In your opinion, is it worth it to do these projects on your own? Explain.
Answer with
units
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Grading:
Grading Criteria
Points
Possible
Living Room:
1. Perimeter of living room (included units).
2. Number of pieces of wood trim needed.
3. Cost of wood trim (included tax).
4. Area of living room (included units).
5. Cost of carpet and padding (included tax).
6. Area of walls (included units).
7. Number of gallons of paint needed (rounded up).
8. Cost of paint (included tax).
3 points
3 points
3 points
4 points
4 points
4 points
4 points
4 points
Kitchen:
1. Area of kitchen (included units).
2. Area of one piece of tile (included units).
3. Number of tiles needed.
4. Number of packages of tile needed.
5. Cost of tile (included tax).
6. Area of kitchen to be painted (included units).
7. Number of gallons of paint needed (rounded up).
8. Cost of paint (included tax).
3 points
3 points
3 points
4 points
4 points
4 points
4 points
4 points
Reflection:
1. The total cost of project (included tax).
2. Additional items needed to complete the project.
3. Provide the opinion of value of doing the project.
4 points
4 points
4 points
Assignment Detail
Assignment is free of mathematical, spelling, and grammatical
errors.
Total Points
5 points
75 points
Points
Earned