Paste this resource into your lesson plans like you'd paste a tile onto a mural. Given a diagram of a tile mural with rectilinear figures, future artists determine the perimeters and areas of the figures. They must then develop their own murals that satisfy constraints on perimeter and area.

Concepts

perimeter, area, rectangles, square units

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Team up with an art teacher for the task
• Have the class create an actual mural using given constraints
  

Classroom Considerations

• Learners should be able to distinguish between perimeter and area
• Fits as the eighth in a nine-part series
  

Pros

• Includes printable worksheet
• Provides a scoring guide with a clear point distribution
  

Cons

• None

Common Core

3.MD.C.6 3.MD.D.8