In this dramatized program, a contractor trainee prepares an exterior painting estimate for a house that has been vandalized by taking exact measurements, calculating square footage using geometry, adding cost of materials, and multiplying labor costs per hour. Afterward, a group of teens gets ready to build a bike repair shed by reading blueprints, calculating floor area, and squaring the shop’s footprint by equalizing the floor’s diagonal measurements. A Meridian Production. (10 minutes)

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Part of the Series : Math in Technology | Construction & Building Trades, Volume 1

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