You have 44 feet of rope to rope off a square around an exhibit. To use all of the? rope, what will be the length of each? side?

Question

i need help with how to find area with fractions with the base or height.. 

Answer 1

Hi, Imani,

    1.  Start by underlining all key words or numbers in the story problem, and label what the words mean:

                Total                                    square's perimeter                    Total=perimeter  

You have 44 feet of rope to rope off a square around an exhibit.  To use all of the rope, what will be the length of each side?

 

2.  First of all, you need to find the length of each side, so find the perimeter of the square.  Remember the property of a square:  All sides are equal.   You know that the total rope is 44 feet around=perimeter  Now just divide to find the length of each side,  p=4s, where "s" is the length of the side, and you have 4 sides.  Solve for "s," by dividing both sides of the equation by the number next to "s."       p/4=(4/4)s         p/4=s        Substitute for "p," which is the perimeter.   44/4=s         11=s=each side length  Answer

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3.  The problem itself does not ask for area.  It would have said, "Find the area, or how many square ft. is in the square?"  However, if you want the area, the formula is the following:  A=s*s=s² .     s=11

 

4.  Then substitute 11 into the formula:     A=______sq. ft.__.

 

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                                                                               Susan C.

Answer 2

Hi Imani--

 

You don' need fractions at all, and you don't have to think about base or height.

 

All you need to remember is that a square has 4 equal sides.

 

So all you do is divide your 44 feet of rope into 4 equal pieces.

 

44 divided by 4 is... 11.

 

So each side is 11 feet long. :-)

 

Hope this helps.

 

Matt