Who has the bigger bedroom?

Question

Bella’s bedroom is 3 meters wide and 6 meters long. Gina’s bedroom is a 5-meter square. Who has the bigger bedroom?

Answer 1

So what you need to do is multiply:

3 * 6 = ?

Squaring is multiplying the number by itself so 5-square translates into:

5 * 5 = ?

 

After that, you just need to compare the two answers and see which number is bigger.

 

Is multiplication the issue? You can try writing it out as addition to help you:

6 + 6 + 6 = ?

5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 = ?