IN GOOD SHAPE
Name _____ Date __
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I’ll start with Ella’s
fact. I can figure
out the width of her
rectangle.
1.Which fact did Ima use first?
2.What is the perimeter of Ella’s rectangle? ___
3.What is the perimeter of Joe’s rectangle? ___
4.How did you figure out the perimeter of Ira’s rectangle?
PROBLEM
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Ira Peete Ella Funt
Joe King
Algebra Readiness Made Easy: Gr
. 6
© 2008 by Greenes, Findell & Cavanagh, Scholastic Teaching Resources
The width of my rectangle is the width
of Joe’s rectangle. My rectangle has an
area of 24 square inches.
My rectangle is half as long and
twice as wide as Ella’s rectangle.
My rectangle is 6
inches long. Its area
is 48 square inches.
What is the perimeter of
Ira Peete’s rectangle?
Ima Thinker
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