In the flag of Congo-Brazzaville, the length of the rectangle is 2.7 times the base of the yellow parallelogram. How do the areas of the rectangle and the parallelogram compare? Explain.
Well, the area of the rectangle is b*h and same with the parallelogram both the rectangle and the parallelograms height are the same but the only difference is that the length of their base are different which means that the rectangle is always going to be 2.7 times bigger.
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1. Annie has been asked to calculate 1.7 + 6/2. She claims the answer is 3.85. Do you agree? Explain why or why not.
Answer: I don't agree because 6/2 = 3, 1.7+3 = 4.7
2. Put brackets in the following expression to get the largest value possible. What problem solving strategy did you use? 3* 2.8 +6.4 /4.
Answer: (3*2.8) + 6.4 /4= 10
3*2.8 + (6.4 /4) = 10
3* (2.8 + 6.4) /4 = 6.9
3. Create a problem that could be solved using the following expression. 2.5+1.25+5*1.6
Answer: Katty went shopping for new outfit. She saw a top that was $2.50 then she saw a scarf that she thought would look good with the top and she bought it for $1.25. Then she bought some jewelry that was 5 bucks each. Then she added all those things together which made 8.75 then she multiplied that with 1.6 because of the tax which made it $14.00 altogether.
