Fences
Your team has been hired to build a fence. You have only 8 fence posts to
use to build the fence. The posts must be put at points on a grid on the
back of this page. Posts must be put in holes that are next to each other
like this:
Design a fence that encloses the maximum possible area.
Your response should be written on the page provided, entitled
FENCE POST PROBLEM RESPONSE
We will be evaluating:
- YOUR UNDERSTANDING: What did you notice about
patterns?
- STRATEGY: Investigate the problem, checking different post layouts.
Make sure
each shape uses exactly 8 posts. Draw as many shapes as you can find.
Label the first shape "A", the second one "B", and so on. Write the area
below each shape. Compare their areas.
- COMMUNICATE: Show us your work. Tell us what you were thinking as you
tried to
solve this problem. How did you pick the best design?
- REASONABLE RESULT: Show us how you checked to see if you got the best
answer.
You have 30 minutes to complete this task
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