Question

Gayle made a

baby quilt using 24 equal squares. What


are the dimensions of 1 square? Describe


two different ways to find the answer.

Answer 1

`Measurement = 0.75ft`

Explanation:

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Method 1:

Considering the width and length of the quilt

Given

`Number\ of\ squares = 24`

Required

Determine the dimension of 1 square

The width of the quilt is 4.5ft and there are 6 squares in that dimension.

Each measurement is calculated as thus:

`Measurement = (4.5ft)/(6)`

`Measurement = 0.75ft`

Or

The length of the quilt is 3ft and there are 4 squares in that dimension.

Each measurement is calculated as thus:

`Measurement = (3ft)/(4)`

`Measurement = 0.75ft`

Method 2:

Calculate the area of the quilt.

`Area = 4.5ft * 3ft`

`Area = 13.5ft^2`

The area of 1 of the 24 squares is calculated by dividing the total area by number of squares

`Area = (13.5ft^2)/(24)`

`Area = 0.5625\ ft^2`

Represent the dimension of individual square with L

Area of a square is:

`Area = L * L`

This gives:

`L * L = 0.5625`

`L^2 = 0.5625`

Take square root of both sides

`L = \sqrt{0.5625`

`L = 0.75ft`

Hence, the dimension of each square is 0.75ft