Our present Math Forum problem is about finding good dimensions for a frog pen. Here are some I notice and I wonder comments from the class:
I notice...
that farmer Mead has to use 36 meters of fencing to make her pen.
that the shape of the pen has to be a rectangle (and that includes possible squares).
that one frog needs 1 square meter of living space.
I wonder...
what the possible lengths and widths of all the rectangles would be
how many frogs farmer Mead has
if some rectangles with a perimeter of 36 meters would have more area than others
what operations I will need to use to solve this problem
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