The Gill Family is installing new flooring in the lower level of their home. They are installing the maple hardwood flooring in the kitchen, dining room, and family room, as well as installing marble tile in the bathroom and laundry room. Help them calculate their costs.
Use the room dimensions below to calculate the cost of flooring for the Gill Family.
Kitchen: 11 ft. x 15 ft.
Dining Room: 14 ft. x 13 ft.
Family Room: 13 ft. x 11 ft.
Laundry Room: 5 ft. x 7 ft.
Bathroom: 5 ft. x 6 ft.

First determine the total areas involved for the hardwood and marble flooring. (Reason is the hardwood and marble are sold at different costs and installation costs are more expensive than marble).

Begin by totaling the areas of the kitchen, dining room and family room.

11x15 = 165 sq.ft.

14x13 = 182 sq.ft.

13x11 = 143 sq. ft.

165 sq.ft. + 182 sq. ft. + 143 sq. ft. = 490 sq. ft.

You then multiply the total areas for wood floors, 490 by the hardwood cost per square foot to get the total cost for the wood.

Then do the same for marble flooring.

Then add the cost of the wood floors and the marble floor to get the total flooring cost.