Moving House Sue Fairfax Lincoln College

Topic Aims Method Equipment Duration Level Hidden Moving House To test student’s knowledge on a variety of topics already covered in class To enable students to work independently For revision – or to stretch further Level Level 1 and Level 2 Method 4 Tasks on, buying a house, furniture, carpets, decorating. Fun resource. 4 extra worksheets provided (if you need more, just make more copies) Equipment Hand-out Pens Calculators (if to be used), Worksheet provided in resource Duration > 1 Hour Hidden

Moving House Task 1 Use the internet to find 3 houses you would like to buy in the area. List the properties with price of each You will need to get a mortgage. Find 3 different mortgage deals and decide which one would be the best for you Set out the advantages and disadvantages of each option for each house in a table, including the initial deposit, interest rate and the cost of repayments each month. Decide which house you would like to buy and explain why Work out the cost per month to repay the mortgage if the rates increases by a) 10% b)5% To Print

Task 1 WORKSHEET To Print

Moving House Task 2 You have a budget of £2000 to furnish the lounge and 2 bedrooms Use the internet to find furniture for these rooms, within your budget. Set the information out in a table. How much money do you have left? Explain what you might spend this money on. To Print

Task 2 WORKSHEET To Print

Moving House Task 3 You decide to decorate the lounge. It is 6 metres by 12 metres. You put a border around the room. How many metres would you need? Explain why you might not need quite this much Each roll costs £3.50. How much will it cost in total? You decide to replace the carpet. Use the internet to find a suitable carpet. List 3 carpets that you like with costs per metre, colours and type of carpet so that you can discuss which one to buy with your partner (remember to check what width the carpet is sold in). How much will you need to buy? (remember to check what width the carpet is sold in). What will be the cost for the whole room for each of the 3 carpets? All the shops are giving a 20% discount on their carpets. What will be the cost now be for each of the 3 carpets with this discount? Draw a bar chart to show the costs of the 3 different carpets at full price, and then with the 20% discount. Remember to label your chart. To Print

Task 3 WORKSHEET To Print

Moving House Task 4 Draw a scale drawing of hour lounge (show doors and windows) and show where you might put the furniture you have decided to but. Remember to show the scale and to label clearly To Print

Task 4 WORKSHEET To Print

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