Question

Michael designs and makes quilts. Answer questions 5-8 about the dimensions of his quilts. You may wish to use a sketch to help you solve the problem. 5. He made a baby quilt that was 3 feet wide. Its perimeter was 16 feet. What was its area?

Answer 1

5.

You could do 3 x 3 x 5 x 5 for perimeter, so the area is 3 x 5.

The answer therefore, is 15 ft²