document.write( "Question 911437: Hello, I'm trying to help my son, who is in the 5th grade, with his math homework. I can't remember any of this stuff. He doesn't have anything to show how to do this problem. It's a word problem that they have to do and it doesn't have any samples. How would we go about solving this problem? \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Juan is constructing a doghouse. He needs four pieces of plywood that are 2ft x 3ft rectangles. He needs two pieces that are 2ft x 2ft squares. If the plywood comes in 4ft x 8ft sheets, what is the minimum number of sheets of plywood needed? \n" ); document.write( "
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Three methods
\n" ); document.write( "1)Which pieces can be combined to make a 4 ft* 8 ft sheet of plywood.
\n" ); document.write( "two 2 ft*3 ft make 4 by 6
\n" ); document.write( "You can add two 2*2 's to this to make one 4*8 sheet
\n" ); document.write( "and two 2*3 on another sheet will be the other
\n" ); document.write( "So we need at least two 4*8 sheets\r
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\n" ); document.write( "You can go to Home Depot or Lowes and have them solve this problem for you.
\n" ); document.write( "It would be a good experience for the boy too.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "Another way is make cut outs from paper and scale to inches instead of feet.
\n" ); document.write( "Cut out at least two 4*8 inches sheets of paper\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Cut four pieces of paper that are 2 in x 3 in and
\n" ); document.write( "two pieces that are 2 in x 2 in and try to fit them on the 4 *8 in sheets
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