Making Decisions as a Flooring Contactor

1. Making Decisions as a Flooring Contactor By: Emily Martinez and Atlanta ho

2. Make a plan for finding the area of the floor to be tiled. Include the geometric formulas you will use to find the area. Then find the area of the floor that will be tiled. l---------10 ft--------l l---l 2 ft 8 ft 5 ft Problem;1 13 ft 3 ft 2 ft 4 ft 18 ft

3. We cut the cabinets into different shapes to make it easier to find the area.

4. Area of the Shapes =20 ft 2 20 ft 10 ft 9 ft b*h 2 b*h + = 10 ft 2 _____ 39 ft 2 = 9 ft __________________ . __ 2 h*(B+b) . Area of the floor 2 234 ft 13 ft 18 ft __ x 2 - 39 ft ___ 13 ft 2 234 ft 195 ft 18 ft Answer

5. To get the area of the floor that needs to be tiled, we need the area of the whole floor minus the area of the cabinets

6. 2. You estimate that it will take 4 minutes to install each square foot of tile. Find the number of hours it will take you to complete the job. __ 780 195 4 x First you multiply 4 minutes with the area of the floor. It will take 780 minutes, which is 13 hours . 780/60= 13

7. 3. Determine how much you will charge per hour for labor. Remember that your labor costs need to be competitive or you will not get any work. For each hour we will charge $12.70 for labor.

8. 4. What other costs do you need to consider? Write an expression to represent the cost of your expenses if the customer chooses a tile that costs t dollars per square foot. Other costs you need to consider are cement, tiles, tile dividers and a cement scraper. (195 t) +(13 12.70)+(c 5.82)+(d 3.80)+(s25 2) * * * * * KEY c=cement d=tile dividers s=tile scrapers t=tiles

9. 5.How much will you charge the owner of the kitchen shown above to install tile that costs $8.00 per square foot? Provide a detailed explanation that you can share with the customer. We are going to charge the owner of the kitchen $3,120 because the amount of money per square foot adds up to 1,560 and the double of that is $3,120