Floor Plans and Elevations Explained

SUBJECT NAME:
MATHEMATICAL LITERACY
TOPIC: MAPS, PLANS AND OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PHYSICAL WORLD
SUB-TOPIC: FLOOR PLAN AND ELEVATIONS
PRESENTER (S) : MAMPANE KEKANA
CO-PRESENTER: METHALA TJEA
DATE: 10 AUGUST 2022
FLOOR PLAN AND ELEVATION: LESSON OBJECTIVE
At the end of this Unit, you should be able to:
• Define relevant terminologies in floor plans and elevations.
• Understand symbols and notations used on plans
• Describe what is being presented on the plans
• Analyse the layout of the structure shown on the plan
• Determine the actual lengths of object shown on plans using measurement and a given
scale (number or bar scale)
• Determine quantities of materials needed by using the plans and perimeter, Area and
volume calculations.
EXAMPLE OF FLOOR PLAN AND ELAVATIONS
EXAMPLE OF FLOOR PLAN AND ELEVATIONS
FLOOR PLANS AND ELEVATIONS: TERMINOLOGY
Floor an indication of an object or plan as seen from above, as if you
plan/layout have taken off the roof of the building/structure to look inside.
Elevation an indication of an object or plan as seen form the sides
North the side of the building that is facing north

elevation
South the side of the building that is facing south
elevation
FLOOR PLANS AND ELEVATIONS: TERMINOLOGY CONT…
West elevation the side of the building that is facing west
East elevation the side of the building that facing east
Scale drawing object with accurate sizes reduced or enlarged by certain amount
Number Scale Numerical indication of distance and feature size on a map
Bar Scale Visual indication of distance and feature size on a map
SYMBOLS USED IN FLOOR PLAN AND ELEVATIONS
EXAMPLE 1 (TAKEN FROM SIYAVULA TEXTBOOK)
Study the floorplan indicated below
and answer the questions that
follow.
a) What kind of room is this?
b) How many doors does the room

have?
EXAMPLE 1 (TAKEN FROM SIYAVULA TEXTBOOK) CONT…
c) Why is the desk in front of the
window?
d) Is there an alternative position
for the bed if the bed may not
be in front of a window?
Explain your answer.
e) Which items would need to be
removed from the room if the
single bed was exchanged for
a double bed?
f) Explain why the symbol for a
door is a quarter circle.
2) The floorplan or layout alongside
has some flaws.
Identify 4 problem areas in the
diagram. Motivate your answer
EXAMPLE 3 (TAKEN FROM EC SEPT 2014 P1 QUESTION 3)
3) RDP houses are built with
bricks to assist low-income
people with proper houses.
They have pitch roofs with the
area of 51,8 m2. Study this
floor plan and answer the
questions below it.
a) Define an elevation plan.
b) How many windows are shown
on the plan?
c) How many doors are shown on
the plan?
d) Calculate the area of the

bedroom opposite the lounge
in m2.
e) How many boxes of tiles will

you buy for the bedroom
opposite the lounge, if each box
covers 1,1 m2 ?
f) How much will you spend in

total to tile the room in
QUESTION d) if one box is
R94,99 and the labour is R60
per m2 ?
EXAMPLE 4 (TAKEN FROM KZN PRELIM 2021 P2 Q2.2)
4) Kyle will be staying with family. The floorplan and elevation plan of Kyles family
home is given below.
a) Identify one difference between a floorplan and an elevation plan.
b) Name the rooms that can be seen on the elevation plan.

c) Give the compass direction of the elevation shown below

d) Determine which room of the house will receive the late afternoon sun.
QUESTION 1 (TAKEN FROM GP PRELIM 2015 P1)
Mr and Mrs Swart retired recently. They intend
to move to a complex for senior citizens which
is still in a developmental stage. They were
provided with several floor plans from which
they could choose the type of house which
may fit their lifestyle. They were allowed to
suggest a reorganisation of the inside layout,
but the exterior walls must remain as shown
on the plan. Use the plans and information
provided, to answer the questions that follow.
The dimensions on the plans are still in
American feet and inches (10’6 means 10
feet 6 inches).
a) Calculate the approximate floor area
(in squared metres) of the house in the
plan, by using the longest outside wall
lengths.
Area of rectangle = length × breadth

b) They stated that the floor area of this
house is 37% smaller than their
current house.
Determine the floor area of their
current home.
c) Explain which rooms in the plan will
be warmer than the others during
the winter months, if no heating
equipment is switched on.
Substantiate your answer(s).
d) Use a compass direction to
appropriately replace the C in “C –
Elevation”.
e) Name the rooms without windows on
this plan. Discuss any challenge that
an occupant of the building may
experience due to the lack of
windows
f) Explain one layout change that you
will make to this house if you were
buying the house.
Substantiate your suggested
change.
QUESTION 2 (TAKEN FROM DBE EXEMPLAR 2014 P1 )
Below is a floor plan of Mrs. Van der Linde's house in Kimberley. Next to the floor plan
is a key for the symbols used in the floor plan.
a) Use the KEY next to the floor
plan to determine the number of
windows shown on the plan.
b) Write down the name(s) of the
room(s) of which the door(s)
is/are facing east.
c) Explain the meaning of the
scale 1 : 110 given on the floor
plan.
d) Determine the scale length
of the southern wall on the
floor plan.
e) Determine the scale
length of the southern wall
on the floor plan.
f) Determine the scale
length (in metres) of the
eastern wall using the
given scale and the scale
length of the wall. Hint: 1
m = 100 cm (3)
QUESTION 3 (TAKEN FROM DBE 2011 P2 QUESTION 4)
The diagram alongside is the floor plan of Mrs
Wong's new home.
The height of the INSIDE WALLS of all rooms, from
the floor to the ceiling, is 2 400 mm.
The dimensions of the windows in each BEDROOM
are 160cm × 130cm
The height of a DOOR OPENING is 2,14 m.
The following formula may be used:
Area = length × breadth
a) In which general direction does the
window in BEDROOM 2 face?
b) The area of a door opening is 9%
more than the area of a bedroom
window. Calculate the width of a door
opening in metres.
c) Mrs Wong wants to paint the inside
walls of the two bedrooms. The inside
walls of BEDROOM 1 have a total
area of 28,44 m2. Calculate the total
inside wall area of BEDROOM 2.
QUESTION 4 (TAKEN FROM DBE NOV 2019 P1 QUESTION 4)
The floor plan of chalet close to

the Mountain Zebra National Park
is shown alongside
Use the floor plan to answer the
questions that follow.
a) State the number of doors
on the floor plan with right-
hand side opening
b) Write down the name(s) of
the rooms that will face the
afternoon sun
c) Determine the probability of
walking into a room in this chalet
with two separate beds in one
room.
QUESTION 5 (TAKEN FROM WC PRELIM 2021 P2 Q 5)
The plan below shows the
workshop of Loyiso with a
key that shows some of his
machinery, tools, work
surfaces and its location
within the workshop. Study
the plan above and answer
the questions that follow
a) Write down the number
of windows found on the
western wall of the
workshop.
b) Determine the length of
the outer wall, marked A.
c) Name the feature that is
indicated by the letter B
on the plan..
d) Give ONE change to the

plan that you would suggest
to the draftsman in terms of
accessibility for the
proposed storage room.
e) The length of C is 4,77
m. If the thickness of the
wall is 0,23 m, determine
the perimeter of the inner
walls of the proposed
storage room.

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Elevation an indication of an object or plan as seen form the sides

North the side of the building that is facing north

b) How many doors does the room

d) Calculate the area of the

e) How many boxes of tiles will

f) How much will you spend in

b) Name the rooms that can be seen on the elevation plan.

c) Give the compass direction of the elevation shown below

Area of rectangle = length × breadth

The floor plan of chalet close to

d) Give ONE change to the

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