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Carpet your bedroom!

2. 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

3. Possible tessellation patterns

5. 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

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

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

8. Decide on your tessellation (pattern)
Window
Decide on your tessellation (pattern)
Draw the pattern to scale on the plan
Calculate the number of tiles you need
Door
Scale : 1:50

9. You need 1 litre of adhesive, work out the cheapest

10. You need 1 litres of adhesive, work out the cheapest
You need 1 pack
Cost
£ £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

11. 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 82p = £29.52
Black tiles 36 x 82p = £29.52
Adhesive = £ 8.98
Total = £68.02
Window
Door
Scale : 1:50