Gardening sure requires a lot of math! Scholars determine the width of a rectangular garden box given its length and perimeter. They then solve for w in the perimeter formula at the conclusion of the brief YouTube video.

Concepts

rectangles, perimeter of rectangles, literal equations

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Provide the video to pupils struggling with solving literal equations
  

Classroom Considerations

• Learners should have experience with perimeters of rectangles
• Assumes students know how to solve linear equations
  

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Explanations are easy to understand
  

Cons

• Covers only one narrowly specific example for the topic
  

Common Core

7.EE.B.4.a HSA-REI.B.3