Complete the following activities:
1. A trip to the store
Make a list of 10 items you would like to purchase at the store, and estimate the amount of money you would spend. Then find the prices of the items in the newspaper. Add up your bill. How close was your estimate?
2. Smallest to largest
Cut six photos from the newspaper. Arrange them in order from largest to smallest. Measure the area of the smallest photo and the largest photo. What is the difference?
3. How many photos?
Estimate how many photos are in the Sports section. Then count the photos, page by page. How many photos are there? What is the difference between your guess and the actual number?
4. Find a square
Locate a square in the newspaper, and do the following:
A. Measure the length and width of the square using inches.
B. Convert your measurements to the metric system.
C. Determine the perimeter of the square.
D. Determine the area of the square.
The perimeter of a square is the sum of the lengths of the sides of the square. Since all sides of a square are equal in length, the perimeter is 4 times the length of one side of the square.