Question

A bird refuge is shaped like a parallelogram with a base of 650 m and a height of 450 m. Volunteers want to install birdhouses on the refuge. They divided up the refuge into regions, each approximately 25 m by 25 m, and plan to install one birdhouse in each region. Which estimate best approximates the number of birdhouses that the volunteers will install on the refuge?

Answer 1

You will want to find the area of the whole refuge first. A=b x h. A=650x450. A=292,500. The area of each refuge region is A=25x25. A=625. To find out how many birdhouses you would need you would set up the equation 292,500=625 times x. x=number of bird houses. You would divide 625 from 292,500 getting 468 and that equals x. They will install 468 birdhouses.