I WANT A NEW FLOOR!!!! 8 th Grade Area Review

TASK lime green Imagine the flooring in your bedroom is lime green and you HATE it. You need to convince your parents to replace it. Determine the cost of new carpeting or tile, and decide which one would be best in your room. Once you have all your information, write a letter to your parents with your choice. Use the facts to persuade them to give you a new floor.

PROCESS Make a sketch of your bedroom on graph paper. Measure your bedroom and fill in the dimensions Convert your measurements to square feet and square yards. Find out how much a square foot or square yard of carpet or tile costs by visiting at least three web sites Complete the spreadsheet with the information required. You must include three prices including both carpeting and tile floor. Write the letter to your parents to persuade them to purchase your choice.

COMPLETED PROJECT Your completed project should include the following in hard copy or Power Point style. Spreadsheet attached or self-made spreadsheet Word document containing letter to parents Sketch of floor plan Extras listed on the rubric

Spreadsheet Carpet Company Type of Floor Model And Color # of square feet needed # of square yards needed Price per square foot or yard Total cost of flooring

Novice (7) Apprentice (8) Practitioner (9) Expert (10) Mathematical Accuracy ____ X 3 Both the Square yards and the total cost of the carpet are calculated incorrectly Either the square yards or the total cost of the carpet is incorrect Square yards and total cost calculated correctly Carpet cost is calculated both in square feet and square yards Spreadsheet ____ X 3 Columns contain more than two errors, either mathematical or spelling Columns contain one or two errors- either mathematical or spelling All information in spreadsheet is complete, and accurate Student made spreadsheet used, including columns for cost per square foot Floor Plan ____ X 2 Sketched on graph paper but the 2 or more dimensions are missing Sketched on graph paper but the 1 dimension is missing Sketched on graph paper with the dimensions noted Sketch of room drawn on graph paper to scale with the scale provided Letter to Parents ____ X 2 Little or no explanation or not persuasive Comparison information is missing but letter is persuasive Letter contains some comparison information and is persuasive Letter contains detailed comparison information and is very persuasive