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Scale Drawing: Insulating an Attic

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Have your aspiring contractors compute the length of two walls in a compound-shaped attic when given a scale drawing of it and the other dimensions. They find the area, determine the number of rolls of insulation they will need to insulate the attic, and how much it will cost. A very real-life application of ratio and proportion.

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6th - Higher Ed
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Math
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