5) You want to tile the backsplash in your kitchen. You measure and finds that the...

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5) You want to tile the backsplash in your kitchen. You measure and finds that the area you plan to cover is 32 ft. You order custom tiles that measure 8 in. How many tiles should you order allowing 10% extra for breakage? 6) You want to paint the walls in your bedroom. A gallon of paint will cover 400 ft. You measure the surface to be painted; it's 69,120 in. How many gallons of paint should you buy? 7) You wanted to buy a new queen-sized mattress. You only have an area that measures 5ft x 6ft to put the mattress. The mattress size is 60 in X 80 in. Will the mattress fit? Convert the measurement to feet to determine this. Math120 Project - You must show all work with correct units. Scenario: Finally, you found the home that you like most and affordable for your income. All the purchase processes have been done smoothly, and now you decided to move home after remodeling the house. 1) Find the cost of coating a rectangular driveway that measures 11 ft by 21 ft, at $2.50 per square foot. 2) You have a 15 m garden and plans to buy some mulch to cover your garden. On the bag of the mulch it says that one bag covers 20 ft. If each bag cost $2, how much it will cost to mulch your garden? 3) You are planting various colors of flowers in a circular shape on the lawn of your back yard. The circle has a diameter of 12 ft and the flowers cost $15.00 per square yard. How much the cost of the flowers? 4) You want to have a jacuzzi on the deck and you are worry about the deck can hold the jacuzzi. The jacuzzi was filled with 200 gallons of water. The jacuzzi itself weighted 50lbs. If total weight of people will be 200 kg and get into the jacuzzi. How much is the total weight in pounds including the people, the tub, and the water? (1kg is about 2.2lbs) English System of Measurement Units of Length in the English System: 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft) 3 ft = 1 yard (yd) = 5,280 ft 1 mile (mi) Metric Prefixes All units other than the three basic units are based on multiples of the basic units, with those multiples all being powers of 10. Prefix Symbol Meaning kilo k 1,000 units bigger than basic unit hecto h 100 units bigger than basic unit deka da 10 units bigger than basic unit m, L, g 1 unit deci d centi C milli m 1/10 of a unit 1/100 of a unit 1/1000 of a unit smaller than basic unit smaller than basic unit smaller than basic unit English and Metric Equivalents for Length Because most of the world uses the metric system while the United States uses the English system, it is often necessary to convert between the two systems. = 1 in. 2.54 cm 1 ft 30.48 cm = 0.3048 m = 1 yd = 91.44 cm = 0.9144 m 1 mi 1.61 km 1 mm 0.03937 in. 1 cm 0.3937 in. 1 m 1.0936 yd = 3.2808 ft 1 km 0.6214 mi 5) You want to tile the backsplash in your kitchen. You measure and finds that the area you plan to cover is 32 ft. You order custom tiles that measure 8 in. How many tiles should you order allowing 10% extra for breakage? 6) You want to paint the walls in your bedroom. A gallon of paint will cover 400 ft. You measure the surface to be painted; it's 69,120 in. How many gallons of paint should you buy? 7) You wanted to buy a new queen-sized mattress. You only have an area that measures 5ft x 6ft to put the mattress. The mattress size is 60 in X 80 in. Will the mattress fit? Convert the measurement to feet to determine this. Math120 Project - You must show all work with correct units. Scenario: Finally, you found the home that you like most and affordable for your income. All the purchase processes have been done smoothly, and now you decided to move home after remodeling the house. 1) Find the cost of coating a rectangular driveway that measures 11 ft by 21 ft, at $2.50 per square foot. 2) You have a 15 m garden and plans to buy some mulch to cover your garden. On the bag of the mulch it says that one bag covers 20 ft. If each bag cost $2, how much it will cost to mulch your garden? 3) You are planting various colors of flowers in a circular shape on the lawn of your back yard. The circle has a diameter of 12 ft and the flowers cost $15.00 per square yard. How much the cost of the flowers? 4) You want to have a jacuzzi on the deck and you are worry about the deck can hold the jacuzzi. The jacuzzi was filled with 200 gallons of water. The jacuzzi itself weighted 50lbs. If total weight of people will be 200 kg and get into the jacuzzi. How much is the total weight in pounds including the people, the tub, and the water? (1kg is about 2.2lbs) English System of Measurement Units of Length in the English System: 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft) 3 ft = 1 yard (yd) = 5,280 ft 1 mile (mi) Metric Prefixes All units other than the three basic units are based on multiples of the basic units, with those multiples all being powers of 10. Prefix Symbol Meaning kilo k 1,000 units bigger than basic unit hecto h 100 units bigger than basic unit deka da 10 units bigger than basic unit m, L, g 1 unit deci d centi C milli m 1/10 of a unit 1/100 of a unit 1/1000 of a unit smaller than basic unit smaller than basic unit smaller than basic unit English and Metric Equivalents for Length Because most of the world uses the metric system while the United States uses the English system, it is often necessary to convert between the two systems. = 1 in. 2.54 cm 1 ft 30.48 cm = 0.3048 m = 1 yd = 91.44 cm = 0.9144 m 1 mi 1.61 km 1 mm 0.03937 in. 1 cm 0.3937 in. 1 m 1.0936 yd = 3.2808 ft 1 km 0.6214 mi