Ima Thinker
Name _____ Date __
IN GOOD SHAPE
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I’ll start with Justin’s
fact. I can figure out
the length of each
side of his square.
1.Why did Ima start with Justin’s fact first?
2.What is the width of Isadora’s rectangle? ___
3.What is the length of Minnie’s rectangle? ___
4.How did you figure out the area of Minnie’s rectangle?
PROBLEM
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Justin Case
Minnie Vann
Isadora Bell
Algebra Readiness Made Easy: Gr
. 6
© 2008 by Greenes, Findell & Cavanagh, Scholastic Teaching Resources
The width of my rectangle is the width
of Isadora’s rectangle. The perimeter of my
rectangle is 22 inches.
My rectangle has half the
area of Justin’s rectangle.
The length of my rectangle
is half the length of
Justin’s square.
The area of
my square is
64 square inches.
What is the area of Minnie Vann’s rectangle?
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