Calculating Carpet Cost Worksheet



Calculating Carpet Cost Worksheet

Use the floor plan below to answer the questions that follow:

Floor Plan found at

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Tip: To calculate the amount of carpet needed: find the area of the room and then divide the number by 9. (round up to the nearest whole number) Multiply this number by the cost of the carpet.

1. What is the area of the living room?

2. What is the area of the master bedroom (mbr)?

3. What is the area of the dining room?

4. What is the area of the carport?

5. If you wanted to carpet the master bedroom (mbr), how much carpet would you need?

6. If the carpet for the master bedroom cost $11.50 per yard, how much would it cost to carpet the room?

7. If you wanted to carpet the two remaining bedrooms (br 2 and br 3), how much carpet would you need?

8. If the carpet for the two bedrooms cost $10.75 per yard, how much would it cost to carpet both rooms?

9. Name two real world applications where finding the area is useful.

10. What would happen if you were purchasing carpet and you calculated the area of the room incorrectly?

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