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Rent Split worksheet
Grades 6–7 · CCSS 6.RP.A.3, 7.RP.A.3
Calcapedia Solve each problem and show your work. Round answers to 2 decimal places where needed.
- 1.
Problem 1. - Total monthly rent: $2,500
- Split the rent: By room size
- Bedroom sizes (sq ft or m²): 200, 120, 88
- Whole home size (same unit): 875
Find: Rent per person
Answer
- 2.
Problem 2. - Total monthly rent: $2,800
- Split the rent: Equally
- Number of roommates: 3
Find: Rent per person
Answer
- 3.
Problem 3. - Total monthly rent: $2,750
- Split the rent: Equally
- Number of roommates: 3
Find: Rent per person
Answer
- 4.
Problem 4. - Total monthly rent: $2,000
- Split the rent: By room size
- Bedroom sizes (sq ft or m²): 150, 160, 130
- Whole home size (same unit): 1,200
Find: Rent per person
Answer
- 5.
Problem 5. - Total monthly rent: $2,250
- Split the rent: Equally
- Number of roommates: 4
Find: Rent per person
Answer
- 6.
Problem 6. - Total monthly rent: $2,900
- Split the rent: By income
- Incomes ($): 45000, 40000, 28000
Find: Rent per person
Answer
- 7.
Problem 7. - Total monthly rent: $2,000
- Split the rent: By income
- Incomes ($): 36000, 45000, 30000
Find: Rent per person
Answer
- 8.
Problem 8. - Total monthly rent: $2,700
- Split the rent: By income
- Incomes ($): 75000, 40000, 26000
Find: Rent per person
Answer
- 9.
Problem 9. - Total monthly rent: $2,600
- Split the rent: By room size
- Bedroom sizes (sq ft or m²): 180, 140, 110
- Whole home size (same unit): 1,150
Find: Rent per person
Answer
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Problem 10. - Total monthly rent: $1,800
- Split the rent: By room size
- Bedroom sizes (sq ft or m²): 180, 140, 110
- Whole home size (same unit): 620
Find: Rent per person
Answer
Answer key: Rent Split worksheet
Calcapedia 1. Rent per person: Person 1 $1,016.19; Person 2 $787.62; Person 3 $696.19
Find the shared space: take the bedrooms away from the whole home
Give each person their own room plus an equal slice of the shared space
Find the price of each square foot (or square meter) by dividing the rent by the whole home
Person 1 pays for their area at that price (before rounding to the cent)
Rent for each person, rounded to the cent so the amounts add up to the rent
2. Rent per person: Person 1 $933.34; Person 2 $933.33; Person 3 $933.33
Equal split: the rent divided by 3 people (to the cent)
Rent for each person, rounded to the cent so the amounts add up to the rent
3. Rent per person: Person 1 $916.67; Person 2 $916.67; Person 3 $916.66
Equal split: the rent divided by 3 people (to the cent)
Rent for each person, rounded to the cent so the amounts add up to the rent
4. Rent per person: Person 1 $672.22; Person 2 $688.89; Person 3 $638.89
Find the shared space: take the bedrooms away from the whole home
Give each person their own room plus an equal slice of the shared space
Find the price of each square foot (or square meter) by dividing the rent by the whole home
Person 1 pays for their area at that price (before rounding to the cent)
Rent for each person, rounded to the cent so the amounts add up to the rent
5. Rent per person: Person 1 $562.50; Person 2 $562.50; Person 3 $562.50; Person 4 $562.50
Equal split: the rent divided by 4 people (to the cent)
Rent for each person, rounded to the cent so the amounts add up to the rent
6. Rent per person: Person 1 $1,154.87; Person 2 $1,026.55; Person 3 $718.58
Add up everyone's income
Find Person 1's share of the rent: their part of the combined income
Rent for each person, rounded to the cent so the amounts add up to the rent
7. Rent per person: Person 1 $648.65; Person 2 $810.81; Person 3 $540.54
Add up everyone's income
Find Person 1's share of the rent: their part of the combined income
Rent for each person, rounded to the cent so the amounts add up to the rent
8. Rent per person: Person 1 $1,436.17; Person 2 $765.96; Person 3 $497.87
Add up everyone's income
Find Person 1's share of the rent: their part of the combined income
Rent for each person, rounded to the cent so the amounts add up to the rent
9. Rent per person: Person 1 $949.57; Person 2 $859.13; Person 3 $791.30
Find the shared space: take the bedrooms away from the whole home
Give each person their own room plus an equal slice of the shared space
Find the price of each square foot (or square meter) by dividing the rent by the whole home
Person 1 pays for their area at that price (before rounding to the cent)
Rent for each person, rounded to the cent so the amounts add up to the rent
10. Rent per person: Person 1 $706.45; Person 2 $590.32; Person 3 $503.23
Find the shared space: take the bedrooms away from the whole home
Give each person their own room plus an equal slice of the shared space
Find the price of each square foot (or square meter) by dividing the rent by the whole home
Person 1 pays for their area at that price (before rounding to the cent)
Rent for each person, rounded to the cent so the amounts add up to the rent