Silver Carpet your bedroom You need to carpet

Silver Carpet your bedroom!

You need to carpet your bedroom • You are going to use carpet tiles for your bedroom because they are easy to fit. • You need to use interesting patterns to make it look good. • You can easily cut the tiles into 2 identical triangles or other interesting shapes or leave the squares whole • The shapes must tessellate (no gaps) • You have a budget of £ 100

Possible tessellation patterns

Shopping List • Carpet tiles • Carpet adhesive What other information will we need? • A Plan of the floor area we need to carpet • The size of each tile • The quantity of glue we need

Floor Plan • Estimate the size of your room and draw a floor plan on squared paper (1 cm square will represent 50 cm) Or • Use the plan provided Adhesive You need 1 litre of adhesive Carpet Tile Sizes. Each carpet tile is 50 cm square

Window • Decide on your tessellation (pattern) • Draw the pattern to scale on the plan • Calculate the number of tiles you need of each colour Do or Scale : 1: 50

Window • Decide on your tessellation (pattern) • Draw the pattern to scale on the plan • Calculate the number of tiles you need Do or Scale : 1: 50

You need 1 litre of adhesive, work out the cheapest

You need 1 litres of adhesive, work out the cheapest You need 1 pack Cost £ 7. 49 + £ 3. 99 = £ 12. 48 You need 3 packs Cost £ 4. 25 x 3 = £ 12. 75 You need 2 packs Cost (£ 2. 49+£ 2) x 2 = £ 8. 98

Window • I would need 73 tiles if I used a tessellation made of squares. • I have decided to make a 2 colour tessellation so I need 35 ½ tiles in each colour – I can’t buy half tiles so I need 36 white tiles and 36 black tiles Cost White tiles 36 x 82 p = £ 29. 52 Black tiles 36 x 82 p = £ 29. 52 Adhesive = £ 8. 98 Total = £ 68. 02 Do or Scale : 1: 50