Dakota’s parents are creating her practice ballet studio and want to install baseboards around the perimeter of the rectangular room with sides measuring 13 feet 8 inches and 12 feet 3 inches.

1. estimate the perimeter of the room and explain how you got the estimate.

2. write the dimensions of the room as mixed numbers. remember 1 foot = 12 inches. what does the fractional part of each mixed number represent?

3. find the perimeter of the room. show your work.

4. how does your result from part 3 compare to your estimate in part 1?

5. the baseboard will not go across the doorway of the room which is 2 ¼ feet wide.
a. taking into account the doorway, calculate the new length of baseboard needed for the room.

b. the hardware store sells the baseboards in 8 foot lengths. how many boards need to be purchased to install new baseboards in the room?