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Investigation 1 Additional Practice 7. a. i. 1 ⫻ 100 rectangle (202 units)

1. a. Perimeter ⫽ 22 units, ii. 10 ⫻ 10 rectangle (40 units)
Area ⫽ 28 square units b. For a given area, the longest, skinniest
b. Perimeter ⫽ 28 units, rectangle has the greatest perimeter
Area ⫽ 33 square units and the most “square-like” rectangle
c. Perimeter ⫽ 23 units, has the least perimeter.
Area ⫽ 33 square units 8. a. Dimensions of possible rectangles
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d. Perimeter ⫽ 172 units,
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Area ⫽ 178 square units Length Width Area Perimeter
(yd) (yd) (sq yd) (yd)
2. a. Students should draw and label a
10 ⫻ 14 rectangle. 1 20 20 42
b. $245 2 10 20 24
c. Amount of baseboard: 42 feet; $98.70
4 5 20 18
3. Ellen could be correct if she drew a 1 ⫻ 7
20 1 20 42
rectangle.
4. a. 28 centimeters 10 2 20 24
b. 27 square centimeters 5 4 20 18
c. Possible answers: Subdivide the figure
into rectangles to find the area and to
b. No. The largest perimeter possible with
help find the perimeter.
whole-number side lengths is 42 yards
5. a. Area: 16 square centimeters,
for a 1-yard-by-40-yard rectangle.
Perimeter: 16 centimeters 1
c. 2 yard by 40 yards
b. Area: 10 square centimeters,
Perimeter: 16 centimeters 9. a. $23.80 for an 8 ⫻ 6 rectangle; this pen
c. Area: 12 square centimeters, is closest to a square.
Perimeter: 16 centimeters b. $83.30 for 1 ⫻ 48 rectangle; this pen is
d. Area: 8 square centimeters, Perimeter: the longest and skinniest.

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16 centimeters c. Possible answer: A 4 ⫻ 12 pen would
e. Area: 7 square centimeters, Perimeter: have a perimeter of 32 and cost $27.20.
16 centimeters d. Possible answer: The 8 ⫻ 6 in part (a)
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f. Area: 64 square centimeters, would be best because it is the least
expensive.
Perimeter: 16 centimeters
10. a. Not possible
6. a. Area: 21 square inches, Perimeter:
b. Yes, a 2 ⫻ 21 rectangle
20 inches
1
c. Yes, a 3 ⫻ 14 rectangle
b. Area: 124 square inches, Perimeter: d. Not possible
14 inches
c. Area: 200 square centimeters,
Perimeter: 66 centimeters
29
d. Area: 3232 square centimeters,
1
Perimeter: 234 centimeters

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11. 17. Answers will vary, but should include

a figure with a 24 linear unit perimeter.
Length Width Area Perimeter
(units) (units) (sq units) (units)
Sample:

1 4 4 10
2 3 6 10

Two are possible, a 1 ⫻ 4 and a 2 ⫻ 3.

There are no other whole numbers that
sum to 5 (which would then be doubled to
get a perimeter of 10 units)
12. a. Yes, a 2 ⫻ 12 rectangle
b. Yes, a 10 ⫻ 4 rectangle
c. Not possible
d. Yes, a 9 ⫻ 5 rectangle
13. a. a 10 ⫻ 10 rectangle (100 square units)
b. a 1 ⫻ 19 rectangle (19 square units)
c. Possible answer: a 5 ⫻ 15 rectangle
(75 square units) 18. a. 1 foot ⫻ 64 feet, 2 feet ⫻ 32 feet,
d. Possible answer: the 10 ⫻ 10 because it 4 feet ⫻ 16 feet, 8 feet ⫻ 8 feet
is the most open space for playing b. 8 feet ⫻ 8 feet
14. a. 1 ⫻ 59 (The only whole-number 19. a. 3 cm ⫻ 5 cm, 2 cm ⫻ 7 cm,
divisors of 59 are 1 and 59, so these 4 cm ⫻ 7 cm, 1 cm ⫻ 11 cm
must be the dimensions.) b. 1 cm ⫻ 11 cm, 2 cm ⫻ 7 cm,
b. 120 units 3 cm ⫻ 5 cm, 4 cm ⫻ 7 cm
c. 900 square units
15. a. 15 ⫻ 15 Skill: Area and Perimeter of Rectangles
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b. 60 units 1. 46 centimeters, 120 square centimeters

16. Answers will vary, but should include 2. 64 inches, 240 square inches
33 shaded units. Sample: 3. 24 centimeters, 36 square centimeters
4. 36 inches, 65 square inches
5. 60 meters, 216 square meters
6. 22 feet, 24 square feet
7. 56 millimeters, 192 square millimeters
8. 226 miles, 3,120 square miles
9a. 48 square centimeters
9b. 28 centimeters
10. 28 inches
11. 16 square meters
12. 115 square centimeters
13. 984 square yards
14. 86 square centimeters
15. 34 units long, 21 units wide, 714 square units
1
16. 112 centimeters

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Skill: Changing Area, Changing 5. A right triangle with a base of 6 inches

Perimeter and a height of 4 inches,
1. 320 square meters
2. 17 square feet, 32 square feet, 45 square 2.5 inches
feet, 56 square feet, 65 square feet,
9.6 inches
72 square feet, 77 square feet, 80 square
feet, 81 square feet
3. 100 feet by 100 feet 6. a. 84 b. 42
7.
Investigation 2 Additional Practice
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1. a. Perimeter ⬇ 155 centimeters, 18 meters 8 meters
12 meters
Area ⫽ 10 square centimeters
14 meters
b. Perimeter ⬇ 13 centimeters,
1
Area ⫽ 72 square centimeters Skill: Area of Triangles
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c. Perimeter ⬇ 195 centimeters, 1. 12 square centimeters
1
Area ⫽ 172 square centimeters 2. 6 square feet
1
d. Perimeter ⬇ 225 centimeters, 3. False
4. False
Area ⫽ 10 square centimeters
5. Area: 299 square centimeters;
2. a. 2 square centimeters, 6 square
perimeter: 99 centimeters
centimeters and 18 square centimeters 11
b. The height of each triangle is 3 times 6. Area: 5950 square miles;
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the height of the next smaller triangle. perimeter: 3710 centimeters
c. The area of each triangle is 3 times the 4
7. 265 square kilometers
area of the next smaller triangle. 8. 1,325 square yards
3. a. 2 square centimeters, 4 square 9. 1, 12; 2, 6; 3, 4

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centimeters and 8 square centimeters
b. The base of each triangle is 2 times the
Investigation 3 Additional Practice
base of the next smaller triangle.
1. a. Perimeter ⫽ 38 units,
c. The area of each triangle is 2 times the
Area ⫽ 80 square units
area of the next smaller triangle.
b. Perimeter ⫽ 26 units,
4. a. 2 square centimeters, 12 square
Area ⫽ 36 square units
centimeters
c. Perimeter ⫽ 26 units,
b. The triangle should have base of 16
Area ⬇ 9 square units (Base is
centimeters and height of 9 centimeters. 1
8 units and height is approx. 18 units.)
c. The height of each triangle is 3 times
2. a. 5 centimeters
the height of the next smaller triangle.
b. 10 square centimeters
d. The base of each triangle is 2 times the
3. a. 4 centimeters
height of the next smaller triangle.
b. 5 centimeters
e. The area of each triangle is 6 times the
4. a. 2 square centimeters, 6 square
area of the next smaller triangle.
centimeters and 18 square centimeters
b. The height of each parallelogram is
3 times the height of the next smaller
parallelogram.

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c. The area of each parallelogram is Investigation 4 Additional Practice

3 times the area of the next smaller 1. i. a. 10 cm ⫻ 10 cm ⫻ 40 cm
parallelogram. b. 1,800 cm2
5. a. 2 square centimeters, 4 square c. 4,000 unit cubes
centimeters and 8 square centimeters ii. a. 5 cm ⫻ 5 cm ⫻ 5 cm
b. The base of each parallelogram is b. 150 cm2
twice the base of the next smaller c. 125 unit cubes
parallelogram. 1 1
iii. a. 22 cm ⫻ 22 cm ⫻ 22 cm
1
c. The area of each parallelogram is twice 1
the area of the next smaller b. 314 cm2
5
parallelogram. c. 158 unit cubes
6. a. 2 square centimeters, 12 square iv. a. 6 cm ⫻ 12 cm ⫻ 30 cm
centimeters b. 1,224 cm2
b. The next parallelogram should have a c. 2,160 unit cubes
base of 8 centimeters and a height of 2. a. 54 ft2
9 centimeters. b. 3 feet; The sheet of cardboard can be
c. The height of each parallelogram is divided into six 3 feet ⫻ 3 feet squares.
three times the height of the next Each square is a face of the resulting
smaller parallelogram. box.
d. The base of each parallelogram is c. 27 unit cubes
twice the base of the next smaller 3. a. Four sides have area 2 ft2, and two
parallelogram. sides have area 1 ft2.
e. The area of each parallelogram is six b. 1 foot ⫻ 1 foot ⫻ 2 feet
times the area of the next smaller c. 2 unit cubes
parallelogram. 4. Answers will vary.
7. a. (12, 10)
Possible answer: 8 cm ⫻ 5 cm ⫻ 10 cm;
b. 36 square units
8 cm ⫻ 2 cm ⫻ 25 cm;
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8. a. Area: 6 square centimeters, Perimeter:

1
12 centimeters 8 cm ⫻ 4 cm ⫻ 122 cm
b. i. Area: 12 square centimeters, 5. a. 2 cm ⫻ 4 cm ⫻ 6 cm
Perimeter: 18 centimeters b. 88 cm2
ii. Area: 12 square centimeters, c. 48 cm3
Perimeter: 14 centimeters d. Answers will vary:
iii. Area: 12 square centimeters, Possible answers: 2 cm ⫻ 8 cm ⫻ 3 cm,
Perimeter: 18 centimeters 92 cm2; 4 cm ⫻ 4 cm ⫻ 3 cm, 80 cm2;
iv. Area: 12 square centimeters, 1 cm ⫻ 8 cm ⫻ 6 cm, 124 cm2
Perimeter: 16 centimeters 6. a. 408 in.2
9. (2, 5) and (6, 5), (5, 5) and (9, 5) b. It would take 6 ⫻ 4 ⫽ 24 cubes to fill
10. a. 40 b. 30. the bottom layer and 24 ⫻ 18 ⫽
11. First box: Area ⫽ 36 square feet, 432 cubes to fill the box.
Perimeter ⫽ 34 feet 7. a. 4 cm ⫻ 6 cm ⫻ 8 cm
Second box: Area ⫽ 35 square feet, b. 208 cm2
Perimeter ⫽ 30 feet c. It would take 6 ⫻ 8 ⫽ 48 cubes to
make the bottom layer and
48 ⫻ 4 ⫽ 192 cubes to make the prism.

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8. i. a. 92 cm2 2.
b. 42 cm3 2 yd
ii. a. 336 cm2
b. 396 cm3 2 yd
iii. a. 234 cm2 2 yd
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b. 2022 cm3
9. Answers will vary, but must include nets 3. 64 in.2 4. 236 ft2 5. 104 in.2
6. 94 yd 2 7. 594 cm2 8. 418 m2
that will form cubes. Sample:
9. 1,160 ft2 10. 3,150 in.2 11. 157 mm2
1
12. 4302 in.2

Skill: Volume of a Box

1. 1,200 in.3 2. 688 ft3
3. 3,192 cm3 4. 1,512 m3
5. 234 m3
10. 2.5 ft ⫻ 6.4 ft, 3.2 ft ⫻ 5 ft, 2 ft ⫻ 8 ft
11. a. 2, 4 b. 3

Skill: Surface Area of a Box

1–2. Sample answers
1.
3 cm
4 cm

4 cm

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8 cm

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