Curated and Reviewed by
Lesson Planet
This Square in Square assessment also includes:
Challenge the class to devise a method to determine the dimensions of a rectangle inscribed in another rectangle. Pupils make connections between functions and geometry as they examine the area and perimeter of a square or rectangle inscribed in a square.
14 Views
4 Downloads
CCSS:
Adaptable
Concepts
Additional Tags
Instructional Ideas
- As a warm up, provide students with opportunities to find lengths of sides of inscribed squares
Classroom Considerations
- Class members should be well versed in working with the Pythagorean Theorem and know how to square a binomial
Pros
- Requests a symbolic, verbal, and graphical solution
- Includes an extension question to further practice the concept
Cons
- None