Headline Story
Area and Perimeter, #2
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Introduction
Read the Headline Story to the students. Encourage students to search for interesting ways to solve the problem.
Headline Story
This quilt piece has an area of 1 square unit. I want to use pieces like this to make a section of a quilt that has an area of 4 square units and at least 1 line of symmetry.
Possible student responses
Since the area of the quilt is 4 square units, you need 4 pieces. Here are two designs that use 4 pieces and have 1 line of symmetry:
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