Math in the Workplace - Measurements
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Rental Property Management
Owner/Operator
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Job Description: Owns, operates and manages rental properties. Oversees or does all maintenance and/or repairs on houses and property. |
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Problem:
You need to build a wall using 2x4s covered with 4' x 8' sheet rock. The wall is 20 feet long and 8 feet high.
1. How many 2x4s are required if the 2x4s are on 16" centers?
2. How many sheets of sheet rocks will be needed?
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Solution:
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20 feet x 12 inches/foot = 240 inches |
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240 inches  16 inch centers = 15 spaces + 1 = 16 (8-foot 2x4s) |
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| 2. |
20 feet 4-foot sheets = 5 sheets of sheetrock |
