What is length?
The long side of a rectangle
Solve for the area
35cm2
How many fewer athletes are playing beach volleyball at a time than soccer?
9 athletes
Craig has a twenty dollar bill. He buys six squirt guns for $2 each. How much money did Craig have left?
Craig has $8 left.
Calculate the area and perimeter of the rectangle
Area = 15m2
Perimeter = 16m
The length is the...
Long side!
What is width?
The short side of a rectangle
Calculate the area of a rectangle with a length of 8in and a width of 6in.
48in2
How many houses does this symbol represent?
10 houses
Maria invited 4 of her friends over for a water balloon fight in the backyard. At the start of the game, Maria gave each of her friends 2 water balloons. She had one water balloon for herself. How many water balloons did they have altogether?
9 water balloons.
Calculate the area of the rectangle
Area = 21cm2
In third grade we find the area of....
Rectangles!
What is area?
The space inside of a plane figure
Calculate the area
36in2
How many more houses need to be built in April 2009 to be equal to those in December 2009?
140 houses
Clementine and Jake make cookies for the school bake sale. Clementine baked 72 cookies. Jake baked twice as many as Clementine. How many cookies did they bake altogether?
216 cookies
Calculate the perimeter of the square
Perimeter = 20m
Area is counted in...
Square units!
What is perimeter?
The distance around a plane figure
Solve for the missing side length
4ft
What is the most common number of children per family?
2 children
Jolly Elementary School has 124 first graders and 130 second graders. On Friday, 12 first graders and 9 second graders were absent. How many first and second graders were in school on Friday?
233 students
Create a rectangle whose perimeter is equal to its area
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A square is a rectangle, but are rectangles also squares, why or why not?
NO!
What is the formula for area?
Length x Width = Area
Solve for the area
18in2
If you were to add up all of the children in the families that have three children per family, how many children would there be? Explain your thinking.
15 children
4 students
Coach Moore has 26 feet on fencing that he wants to make into a rectangular pen for his tomato plants in his garden. He wants to make the Biggest pen possible!
What dimensions (length and width) would give him the biggest pen for his tomatoes?
8ft x 5ft = 40ft2
Can we calculate the perimeter of a circle, why or why not?
NO!