Summary
Can two rectangles have the same perimeter but… different areas!?
- Students create at least five different rectangles with 16m of perimeter.
- They organize their information and look for a pattern between the shape's dimensions and its area.
- Students create three ways to use three of their different rectangles. I give an Alien Zoo example.
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