Question

In Jack's basement, there's an area that is 6 feet long and 5 , 5 feet wide for the kids to play ping pong. In Mike's basement, there is an area that is 12 feet long and 5 Ź feet wide to play ping pong and other games. How many times larger is the area of Mike's basement? Draw a model on the grid paper, and show your​

Answer 1

Mike's area basement is 2 times larger than Jack basement area.

Area of a rectangle

• area = lw

where

l = length

w = width

Therefore,

Jack's basement area:

length = 6 ft

width = 5 ft

• area = 6 × 5 = 30 ft²

Mike's basement area;

length = 12 feet

width = 5 feet

• area = 12 × 5 = 60 ft²

Therefore, Mike's area basement is 2 times larger than Jack basement area.

Mike's basement area = 2(Jack basement area)

60 = 2(30)

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