Choose a strategy from the list or use another
strategy you know to solve each problem.
- Ed paints Regina’s room. He uses ^34 qt
of lavender paint for the trim. How many
fluid ounces of paint does he use? - Ed uses ^14 gal of white paint on the bedroom
walls and ^13 gal of the same paint in the
parents’ room. How much paint is left in the
1-gallon container? - The Durans buy a circular rug for the
bathroom. The rug has a circumference
of about 12.56 ft. Estimate its diameter. - Mr. Duran has 3 boards that are each 7 ft 9 in.
long. If he uses them to build 15 ft 8 in. of
shelving, will he have enough left over to
build a flower box that uses 6 ft 3 in. of board? - The hallway is a rectangle with a length of 14.5 ft
and a width of 5.25 ft. Roberto estimates that
they will need about 70 ft^2 of carpeting to cover
the hallway floor. Is his estimate reasonable?
16.Regina buys a paperweight shaped like a triangular
prism for her desk. Its base measures 3 cm on a
side and has a height of 2 cm. If the paperweight is
5 cm in height, what is its volume?
Use the drawings for problems 17–20.
- What is the perimeter of Alvin’s room?
- What is the area of Regina’s room?
- Is the perimeter of Regina’s room
greater or less than 32 ft? Explain. - Is the area of Alvin’s room greater or
less than the area of Regina’s room?
by how much?
7 ft
8.2 ft
11.2 ft
Regina’s Room
12 ft
9 ft
4.5 ft
Alvin’s Room
Use These Strategies
Use More Than One Step
Use Drawings/Formulas
Use Simpler Numbers
Write an Equation
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