To make our Gaga-Ball pits safer, Ms. Ashley Carlbeck’s Grade 6 Math classes were tasked with choosing and installing flooring for the pits around the campus.

As our Grade 6 students explain, it was not an easy task. Being our key mathematicians, they used measuring apparatuses, formulas, calculators, and spreadsheets to collect their data. It turns out, there was a lot more than just math that was involved in this project. In the end, it was a toss-up between three types of flooring. Let’s find out how they made their big decision!

The Process 

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PAIGE
1. This year the grade 6 math classes analyzed and designed new flooring to install in the Gaga-Ball pits.

ANEEQ
2. We measured the sides of the Gaga-ball pit with tape measures using meters and centimeters, and we measured the angles with a protractor. 

CASPER
3. Then, we drew a rough drawing. We needed to work together to ensure we had correctly measured the Gaga-ball pit.

JOANNA
4. Next, we needed to create “to-scale drawings.”

CHLOE
5. These drawings required the use of a protractor to accurately measure the angles and we used a ruler to ensure we have the correct lengths of the sides.

NIHAL
6. We researched three different flooring options: Snap Grid, PlaySafe Shock, and DuraRubber. We learned that flooring dimensions are normally in imperial, feet rather than metric, meters. This meant we had to convert our measurements for the Gaga-ball pit. In 1 meter there are 3.28084 feet.

BOWYN
7. Now that we had our new dimensions in feet, we were able to determine how many pieces of each type of flooring were needed.

KYLE
8. Because each type of flooring had different-sized pieces, we needed to do this three times.

NATE
9. To look at costs, we created a spreadsheet. We calculated the total cost of the flooring and then added shipping fees to determine the amount of taxes (PST and GST) and then we found the total.

LYNN
10. To do this we created a spreadsheet and used formulas such as a summation formula.

MAX
11. Then, we researched the flooring and created a “pros” and “cons” list to decide which was the best for Meadowridge!

  FINISH  

The Flooring Options