Build a house
Design
 Start by creating a floor plan to scale (you can use computer
software or paper)
 Include your scale at the bottom of the page and use a ruler to
draw your plan.
 Your house needs a bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, laundry and
lounge room/living space.
 Feel free to add any other features you may want E.g. extra
bedrooms, garage, rumpus room, pool, library, study etc.
 Once you have created your floor plan draw a scale picture of
the outside of your house clearly marking the height from floor
to ceiling and ceiling to the top of the roof.
Building
 Once you have completed both plans and they have been
checked by your teacher you can build a model of your house.
 Your model needs to be to scale.
Costing
Now that you have built your house answer the following:
 Which rooms will you carpet?
 If carpet costs $11.20 per square meter, how much would it
cost to lay carpet in the rooms you have chosen?
 Create an algebraic expression that allows you to quickly cost
different prices of carpet for your house
 Which rooms will you tile?
 If tiles cost $13.45 per square meter, how much will it cost to
tile the rooms you have chosen?
 Create an algebraic expression that allows you to quickly cost
different prices of tiles for your house
 If paint costs $45.55 per 4L tin and a 4L tin covers 10 meters
squared, how many paint tins will you need to paint the inside
of your house?