1. When Pascal built a dog house, he knew he wanted the
floor of the house to have an area of 24 square feet.
He also wanted the width to be 2_
3 the length. What are
the dimensions of the dog house?

First, choose two numbers that have a product of 24.
Guess(es): ___ feet and ___ feet
Equation: 2/3 x ___=____

2. What if Pascal wanted the area of the
floor to be 54 square feet and the width
still to be 2/3 the length? What would
the dimensions of the floor be?

3. Leo wants to paint a mural that covers
a wall with an area of 1,440 square feet.
The height of the wall is 2/5 of its length.
What is the length and the height of
the wall?

4. Barry wants to make a drawing that is 1/4 the size of the original. If the tree in the original drawing is 14 inches tall, how tall will the tree be in Barry's drawing be?

5. A blueprint is a scale drawing of a building. The dimensions of the blueprint for Penny’s doll house are 1/4  of the measurements of the actual doll house. The floor of the doll house has an area of 864 square inches. If the width of the doll house is 2/3 the length, what are the dimensions of the floor on the blueprint of the doll house?

6. Look back at Number 4. Write a similar problem using a different measurement and a different fraction. Then solve your problem.

7. Albert’s photograph has an area of 80 square inches. The length of the photo is 1 1_ 4 the width. Which of the following could be the dimensions of the photograph?
 A. 5 inches by 16 inches
 B. 12 inches by 10 inches
 C. 6 inches by 5 inches
 D. 10 inches by 8 inches