I am in third grade and have a word problem that I don't understand. There is a picture of a retangular window with 12 little squares inside divided by wood. The question is how many feet of lights would be needed to hang around five windows like this one. There are no dimensions given for the window....just a picture. Please help!
I am just as lost as you are. Insufficient data.
I can't see your picture, but to look like a common window it is probably 3 ft wide and 4 feet high.
(3x4 = 12)
It could also be 6 by 2, but that would look rather strange as a window.
You decide by looking at the picture.
Now how far is it around one window
I count: 3+3+4+4 = 14 feet for one window
but you have 5 of those,
so what is 5x14 ?
3+3+4+4=14 feet for each window,3 feet wide and 4 feet high.You have 5 windows so what is 5x14?
To solve this problem, we need to make some assumptions since the dimensions of the window are not given. Let's assume that each little square represents a 1-foot by 1-foot area of the window.
Based on this assumption, we can count the number of little squares in the picture and determine how much lighting we need for one window. Then we can multiply that value by 5 since we have five windows to cover.
Counting the little squares in the picture, we have a total of 12 squares. Since each square corresponds to a 1-foot by 1-foot area, the total length of lights required for one window would be 12 feet.
Now, since we have five windows, we can multiply the length of lights required for one window (12 feet) by the number of windows (5).
12 feet x 5 windows = 60 feet
Therefore, you would need a total of 60 feet of lights to hang around five windows like the one shown in the picture.