Year 7 Measurement Assignment: Measurement in your home

Through this unit of work you will be creating a home design.

Each task is to be done in order. This assignment will be done concurrently with your work program.

Task 1: Learning about measurement (5 + 2 + 6 = 13 marks)

Q1. Measure 5 household items (length of the bed, length of the kitchen table etc). Try to measure items of different units i.e. millimetres, centimetres, and meters).

Household items Units Length (mm, cm ,m ) Measurements with units

Eating table cm 115cm

fridge m 1m 14cm

Fruit ball cm 25cm

pillow m 1m 5cm

frame cm 37

Q2. Why do you think we need to have different units of measure?

We use different units of measurements for what suits the type of thing that you are measuring. For example you wouldn't measure a pencil in kilo meters

Q3. Define the following with the addition of a diagram:

Perimeter:

Area:

Volume:

Task 2: The land. (2 + 2 + 2 = 6 marks)

6.2 and 6.3

Q4. You purchase a rectangular block of land that is 480m2.

a) What are 2 possible dimensions (length and width) of this block?

Block One: _________________

Block Two: _________________

b) What is the perimeter of these 2 blocks?

Block One: _________________

Block Two: _________________

c) Is the perimeter always the same if the area of a shape is the same? Explain

Task 3: The house (1 + 5 + 3 = 9 marks) 6.3

Q5. What is the area of the house design shown if each square represents 1m2? __________

Q6. Choose one of the blocks of land and design a house that is no more than 180m2. On your A3 grid paper plot your house and land design. The house must have: a kitchen, 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom (including toilet), a living area, a dining area, a laundry and car garage. Your house needs to be set back 5m from the front of the land. Room measurements and working must be shown.

a) What is the total area of your house? ___________________________

b) What is the area of the kitchen? ______________________________

c) What is that area of the garage? _________________________

Task 4: Outdoor entertaining (3 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 9 marks)

6.4

Q7. You have decided to place an outdoor entertaining area in your back yard.

a) The deck is to measure 5m by 3m. It is made out of planks of wood that are 4m

by 75mm. How many planks of wood are needed? (Show your working out)

Q8. Two triangle-shaped shade sails are sewn together to provide shade. Each triangle has a base length of 6m and a height of 4m

b) At midday when the Sun is directly overhead, what area of shade will the sails

provide?

c) If the shade sails were sewn together in a different way, would this provide the

same area of shade at midday? Explain your reasoning?

d) Draw your outdoor entertaining area on your home design.

Task 5: The driveway (1 + 1 + 2 + 2 = 6 marks) 6.4, 6.6

Q9. A driveway is to be poured from the front corner of your property to the

carport/garage. It is to be in the shape of a parallelogram.

a) Draw the driveway on your home design.

b) What is the base and height of your driveway?

c) What is the area of your driveway?

d) The concrete in your driveway is to be 55mm deep. What is the volume of

concrete needed to create your driveway?

Total marks: /43