Problem 1
Around School
Hillcrest Elementary has decided to replace
carpet in the classrooms with tile. If
it takes 900 tiles for each room and the tiles cost $1.72 each how much will it
cost to replace carpet with tile in each room?
How much would it cost to replace carpet with tile for the entire
school? (15 rooms)
Solution:
900 tiles
$1,548
x$1.72 per tile x15
$1,548 per room
$23,220 entire school
Problem 2
Playground
Mr. Brunner has decided to purchase a new
piece of playground equipment for the primary students at Hillcrest. He’s trying to choose between the Fantasy
Castle which costs $25,700 and the Imagi Nation which costs $26,200. If the
Imagi Nation offers a 10% discount to schools in Wisconsin, which piece of
equipment would cost the least? By how
much?
Solution:
$26,200 $26,200 $25,700
x.10 -2,620
-23,580
$2,620 Discount $23,580
Discounted price $2,120
Difference
of Imagi Nation
Imagi Nation is $2,120 cheaper than Fantasy
Castle