Kirsten plans to dig a rectangular-shaped area in her yard for a garden.  She wants the garden to be 16 feet long and 10 feet wide.   Kirsten wants to sketch a scale drawing of the garden.   Part A: Draw and Label the scale model.  Use a scale of 1 inch equals 2 feet.  Explain how you know how many inches each side will be.  Part B: Kirsten considers enlarging the scale drawing by a scale factor of 4 to include more details.  What would be the new scale and dimensions of the larger drawing? Explain how you know the new dimensions.

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Kirsten plans to dig a rectangular-shaped area in her yard for a garden.  She wants the garden to be 16 feet long and 10 feet wide.

 

  1. Kirsten wants to sketch a scale drawing of the garden.

 

Part A:

Draw and Label the scale model.  Use a scale of 1 inch equals 2 feet.  Explain how you know how many inches each side will be. 











Part B:

Kirsten considers enlarging the scale drawing by a scale factor of 4 to include more details.  What would be the new scale and dimensions of the larger drawing? Explain how you know the new dimensions. 






  1. Kirsten designs a frame (black lines), as shown in the figure, to support pole beans.

Part A:

How much material does Kirsten need to buy to make the frame (black lines) of her trellis?  Use 3.14 for ?.  Explain



Part B: 

Kirsten wants to use netting for the area inside the frame.  What is the area that needs to be covered by netting?  Use 3.14 for ?.  Explain

 

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