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Real Life Application of Area and Perimeter

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Fifth graders explore real-life situations of area and perimeter. They develop a list of real-life applications of area and perimeter, select a situation, and write a step-by-step procedure and diagram on graph paper for solving the problem.

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area, perimeter

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area and perimeter, math
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Grade
5th
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
4 days
Instructional Strategy
Research
Technology
Ed Software
Year
2001

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