The yearbook team is designing the pages for school clubs so that the layouts are all the same. The dimensions shown are in inches
inches Different team members think about the total area of
the page in different ways.
a Paulo thinks of the area of the page as the product
of the total length and the total width
Complete Paulo's expression.
+3)-(4+
a Tamera thinks of the area of the page as the sum of the
A page Layout shows where different kinds
of information will go on the page.
areas of the photo sections and the list sections.
Complete Tamera's expression. What does Tamera's expression
let you see about the layout that Paulo's expression does not?
5/4 +_
(4 + 6)
5
3
Emily thinks of the area of the page as the sum of the areas of the four separate
sections. Write an expression that represents Emily's way of thinking. What
does Emily's expression let you see about the layout that neither Paulo's nor
Tamera's expression did?
DISCUSS IT