MATH: PROPORTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS PORTFOLIO
Mia is building a three-sided shelter for her action figures. The shelter will
resemble a rectangle with one of the long sides removed. She has boards that
measure 36 inches, 39 inches, and 42 inches in length; all the boards are the
same width. Mia will need to convert some of these measurements into other
imperial units to build the shelter the way she wants. Answer the following
questions. Show your work. Record your answers below.
Question 1
Mia will use one of these boards for the length of the shelter. She knows she wants
the length of the shelter to measure 3.25 feet. She will use a different board for the
width of the shelter. The width of the shelter will be shorter than the length.
Which board will Mia use for the length of the shelter, given that 1 foot = 12 inches?
To determine which board Mia will use for the length of the shelter, we need to convert the length of the shelter from feet to inches.
1 foot = 12 inches
To convert 3.25 feet to inches, we multiply 3.25 by 12:
3.25 * 12 = 39 inches
From the given boards, the board that measures 39 inches in length is the one Mia will use for the length of the shelter.