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Bernard is putting tiles on a section of his toy room wall.
Altogether, how many tiles of the same size will be needed to fully cover this section of the wall?
`24`
`text(6 tiles will fit the width.)`
`text(4 tiles will fit the height.)`
`=>\ text(Total tiles needed)` | `= 6 xx 4` |
`= 24` |
Mandy is cutting out luggage tags from a plastic sheet.
Each luggage tag is identical and is pictured below.
Mandy throws away all pieces of plastic that are not complete tags.
What is the greatest number of luggage tags that Mandy can cut from the plastic sheet?
`text(10 luggage tags)`
Peter is packing soup cans into a box for charity.
The box is the same height as a soup can.
How many cans of soup will fit into the box?
`8` | `9` | `15` | `20` |
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`20\ text(cans)`
`text(4 rows of cans will fit inside the box)`
`text(and each row will have 5 cans.)`
`:.\ text(Number of cans)` | `=4 xx 5` |
`=20` |
Bob had a mini tennis court in his backyard, as shown in the diagram below.
What is the area of the mini tennis court?
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`6\ text(square metres)` |
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`12\ text(square metres)` |
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`24\ text(square metres)` |
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`48\ text(square metres)` |
`24\ text(m²)`
`text(The mini tennis court has dimensions:)\ \ 4 xx 6.`
`:.\ text(Area)` | `= 4 xx 6` |
`= 24\ text(m²)` |