1. when pascal built a dog house, he knew he wanted the
floor of the house to have an area of 24 square feet.
he also wanted the width to be 2_
3 the length. what are
the dimensions of the dog house?

first, choose two numbers that have a product of 24.
guess(es): feet and feet
equation: 2/3 x =

2. what if pascal wanted the area of the
floor to be 54 square feet and the width
still to be 2/3 the length? what would
the dimensions of the floor be?

3. leo wants to paint a mural that covers
a wall with an area of 1,440 square feet.
the height of the wall is 2/5 of its length.
what is the length and the height of
the wall?

4. barry wants to make a drawing that is 1/4 the size of the original. if the tree in the original drawing is 14 inches tall, how tall will the tree be in barry's drawing be?

5. a blueprint is a scale drawing of a building. the dimensions of the blueprint for penny’s doll house are 1/4 of the measurements of the actual doll house. the floor of the doll house has an area of 864 square inches. if the width of the doll house is 2/3 the length, what are the dimensions of the floor on the blueprint of the doll house?

6. look back at number 4. write a similar problem using a different measurement and a different fraction. then solve your problem.

7. albert’s photograph has an area of 80 square inches. the length of the photo is 1 1_ 4 the width. which of the following could be the dimensions of the photograph?
a. 5 inches by 16 inches
b. 12 inches by 10 inches
c. 6 inches by 5 inches
d. 10 inches by 8 inches