Draw models on the grid paper to help you solve the following
problems.
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6)
Krystal’s poster project for reading class is 2 feet high and 1 1
2
feet wide. Her friend Victoria’s poster is 4 feet high and 1 1
2 feet
wide. How many times larger is the area of Victoria’s poster? Draw
a model on the grid paper, and show your multiplication work here.
To find the area of each poster, we multiply the height by the width.
For Krystal's poster:
2 feet x 1.5 feet = 3 square feet
For Victoria's poster:
4 feet x 1.5 feet = 6 square feet
To find how many times larger Victoria's poster is, we divide the area of Victoria's poster by the area of Krystal's poster:
6 square feet / 3 square feet = 2
So, Victoria's poster is 2 times larger than Krystal's poster.
I cannot draw models on the grid paper, but you can draw 2 rectangles representing the posters to visualize the difference in size.