Math Skills
Introduction
Task
Theme
Dimensions
Shopping
Estimation
Furniture
Electronics
Flooring/Paint
Window Covering
Accessories
Math Check
Presentation/Technology
Using your math skills to help
you design your dream bedroom.
Each part of your design will
involve you to work within one or more
of the following math concepts. We
will need to be able to show and talk
about our work.
Estimation
Measurement
Addition
Graphing
Subtraction
Technology
Multiplication
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You just received the most amazing
news ever! A local art gallery saw all of
your art work down at the local art fair.
The gallery has offered you $30,000 for
all your pieces. You have decided to use the
money to design and furnish your bedroom.
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You have a fun job ahead of
you! You are allowed to spend as
much of the $30,000 as you want on
designing your DREAM BEDROOM!
Your parents are waiting to see
your presentation on your bedroom
design.
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The first thing you should do
is decide on a theme for your
bedroom. There are many things to
choose from to make your room
complete. When you choose a
theme, it will make it easier to buy
your furnishings.
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Wall Height = 10 ft
Walls A/C = 24 ft
Walls B/D = 20 ft
Windows 3 Total = 30 inches wide/42
inches high
24 ft
D
B
20 ft
20 ft
C
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A
24 ft
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Now it is time to get down to business! You
have to start making your list of furnishings
that you are going to put in your room. That’s
right! You have to buy all your furniture,
electronics, carpet, window blinds, lighting,
bedding, and don’t forget the paint for the
walls. In the next few slides, you will find many
websites that will help you find all the things
needed to make your room feel like you are
living the dream.
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As you shop, you are going to write
down the name and description of the
items you are buying. This will be used
later while building your presentation.
While you write them down, be sure to
write the full price of the item. We will
use the full price to come up with an
estimated price. Each night we shop, we
will have to calculate the estimated
total for the items in our room. Why
would it be important for us to add our
estimated price while we shop? Write
about it..
Visit these sites to find things like your
bed, desk, chairs, couches, and more!
American Furniture
IKEA
Furniture Row
Ashley Furniture
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Electronics are a must have to make
any room the place to be. You will need a
television, game system, and a computer for
studying. I hope you remember everything
you want.
Best Buy
Paul's TV
Game Stop
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Don’t forget to cover your floor.
Do you want the plush feel of carpet or
the nice appearance hardwood or tile?
Don’t forget do look back at your area
worksheet to get the amount of floor
coverage you will need.
Who can stand the plain white
walls ? Time to spice them up with color.
Remember it takes 1 gallon per wall to
assure good coverage.
Empire Flooring
Sherwin-Williams
Home Depot
Don’t forget the blinds . You may want
to be able to block out the sun when you
are watching movies on your big screen.
While other times, you may want to let the
sun shine through while you are studying
for your next test. Check out the
following sites to find all you need.
Just Blinds
Home Depot
Lowes
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This area could be the best one yet. Here
is where you need to look for your rooms style.
You can find curtains, lights, bed spreads,
posters, mirrors, ceiling fans, and more.
Target
Walmart
Bed Bath & Beyond
IKEA
American Furniture Warehouse
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Now that your shopping is done, you
will need to total up the actual prices of
all your items. Keep the group (furniture,
electronics,…) total prices separate for
graphing purposes. Compare the original
total to the estimated total. How was
the two totals similar? Write about it.
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Now it is time to organize all your work
into a presentation to show your parents.
What does that mean? We need to find pictures
and create a detail list of all the items going
into your newly designed bedroom. After we
complete our presentation, we need to create
a blank slide to add our graphs to our
presentation.
We will use the Excel program to create
a receipt book, that will verify our totals to be
accurate. Excel will also allow us to build a
few graphs, like bar graphs and pie charts.