Calculating the amount of material for finishing a basement
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Question 11A Guest needs material to finish a room in a basement. The room is square and one wall measures 15'. The height of the room is 8'. There is one door that measures 3' wide and 7' high, and two windows that measure 3' wide and 4' high.
The Guest is covering the walls with 1x6 carsiding (we will say that it covers 5" wide). How many 16' pieces will it take to cover the walls minus the openings?
66-16' pieces
72-16' pieces
85-16' pieces
40-16' pieces
Question 12A Guest needs material to finish a room in a basement. The room is square and one wall measures 15'. The height of the room is 8'. There is one door that measures 3' wide and 7' high, and two windows that measure 3' wide and 4' high.
How many feet of base molding will this Guest need (figure through the door)?
45ft
70ft
60ft
50ft
Question 13A Guest needs material to finish a room in a basement. The room is square and one wall measures 15'. The height of the room is 8'. There is one door that measures 3' wide and 7' high, and two windows that measure 3' wide and 4' high.
The Guest's walls are framed with 2x4's. How many square feet of R-13 roll fiberglass insulation should the Guest buy if he/she wanted to insulate all four walls?
360 square feet
540 square feet
435 square feet
240 square feet
Question 14A Guest needs material to finish a room in a basement. The room is square and one wall measures 15'. The height of the room is 8'. There is one door that measures 3' wide and 7' high, and two windows that measure 3' wide and 4' high.
How many square feet of carpeting would the Guest need?
120 square feet
225 square feet
275 square feet
360 square feet
Question 15Refer to the following description for questions 15-21.
A Guest wants to re-seal a blacktop driveway. The driveway measures 24' wide and 70' long.
If one gallon of driveway sealer covers 125 square feet, how many five-gallon pails will the Guest need to seal the driveway?
2 pails
4 pails
1 pail
3 pails
Question 16After studying the landscape wall, the Guest also wondered what it would cost to put holland pavers down for the driveway. The pavers the Guest would like measure 3"x7". How many would he/she need?
15,450 pavers
11,520 pavers
10,230 pavers
13,540 pavers
Question 17The Guest will also need sand to go under the pavers. The Guest wants it to be 4" thick. How much sand is going to be needed to fill the driveway?
360 cubic feet
480 cubic feet
560 cubic feet
640 cubic feet
Question 18How many 1/2 cubic foot bags of sand would be needed if the Guest wanted to buy bags?
720 bags
1280 bags
1120 bags
960 bags
Question 19The Guest should also have a 6" pea gravel base below the sand. How much pea gravel is needed?
640 cubic feet
840 cubic feet
960 cubic feet
1000 cubic feet
Question 20How many 1/2 cubic foot bags will be needed?
1280 bags
1680 bags
1920 bags
2000 bags
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Solution Summary
The amount of materials for finishing a basement is determined. How many 16`pieces it will take to cover the walls minus the openings are determined.
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