Learning about area

Last week, Stage 3 students in the Imaginarium completed an open-ended mathematics question (from NRICH).

The question was: Imagine a rectangle with an area of 20cm². What could its length and width be? List five different combinations.

See the images below for the students’ answers:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can you think of your own answers? Post them in a comment!

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