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HOW’S YOUR EVERYDAY MATH?

HOW’S YOUR EVERYDAY MATH?. How much paint do you need to re-do your bathroom? (1 gallon = 500 sq ft). How many sheets of drywall do you need to sheetrock your garage? (1 sheet = 32 sq ft). Which floor refinisher’s bid is best for you?. Don’t say you’re not good at math!.

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HOW’S YOUR EVERYDAY MATH?

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  1. HOW’S YOUR EVERYDAY MATH?

  2. How much paint do you need to re-do your bathroom? (1 gallon = 500 sq ft)

  3. How many sheets of drywall do you need to sheetrock your garage? (1 sheet = 32 sq ft)

  4. Which floor refinisher’s bid is best for you?

  5. Don’t say you’re not good at math! All you need to be a smart homeowner is to be able to calculate the square footage of a rectangle.

  6. 2 rectangles rectangle 2 triangles = 1 rectangle

  7. 1 parallelogram = 1 rectangle Trapezoid: Average top and bottom and you have a rectangle

  8. CAN’T REMEMBER YOUR FORMULAS FROM GEOMETRY CLASS? Check out:www.math.com > Geometry > Area Formulas

  9. Now back to your floor refinishing problem… Let’s say you hire the refinisher who gave you the lower price ($2.00/sq ft) to sand, stain, and apply 2 coats of polyurethane to your livingroom , which measures 15 ft wide by 22 ft long.

  10. Your wife says, “Let’s do it! I checked math.com and it will only cost $66!” Photo credit: Rebecca Cook-Dubin

  11. So your buddy comes over after work and you’re up until midnight moving your furniture. Over the next week you go to a chiropractor three times ($225.)

  12. The job gets done. It looks great. 2 weeks later the bill comes.

  13. $1200???????????????? Photo credit: Jesse Cook-Dubin

  14. So you’re back at www.math.com 15 X 22 = 330 sq ft X $2. a sq ft = $660.

  15. What have you learned?

  16. Your wife should go to www.math.com/decimalplaces • Your floor refinisher doesn’t know that you checked www.math.com for the formula • For another $82.50, you could have saved 3 trips to the chiropractor

  17. remember: www.math.com

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