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Teaching Algebra with Manipulatives

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Area Diagrams<br />

NAME ______________________________________________ DATE ____________ PERIOD ____<br />

<strong>Algebra</strong> Activity Recording Sheet<br />

(a reproduction of the activity on page 651 in Lesson 12-4 of the Student Edition)<br />

Materials:<br />

none<br />

Model and Analyze<br />

1. Find the areas of rectangles A, B, C, and D, and explain what each area<br />

represents.<br />

2. What is the probability of choosing a red paper clip and a silver paper<br />

clip?<br />

3. What are the length and width of the whole square? What is the area?<br />

Why does the area need to have this value?<br />

4. Make an area diagram that represents the probability<br />

of each outcome if you spin each spinner once. Label<br />

the diagram and describe what the area of each<br />

rectangle represents.<br />

<strong>Algebra</strong> 2—Chapter 12<br />

© Glencoe/McGraw-Hill 291 <strong>Teaching</strong> <strong>Algebra</strong> <strong>with</strong> <strong>Manipulatives</strong>

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