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Background Information: Keawe, is
the Kamehameha Middle School’s
gymnasium and it has many
purposes. Pacific Construction
Company built this 12,408 squarefoot building in 1957 for the total
cost of $226,961. The gym contains
a regulation sized basketball court
along with bleachers. A large curtain
is often used to divide the gym in half
for separate classes. In Hawaiian
Keawe refers to the line of ancestors
that have come before you. There was
over twenty chiefs from the island of
Hawaii that carried the name Keawe.
Chief Keawekuikekä‘ai built both
pu‘ühonua, which was an asylum
and Hale O Keawe, which held fiber
caskets containing the bones of
Keawe chiefs. This is now a key
building for all of our intermediate
Physical Education classes and it
allows us to have a great place for us
to work on our different sports skills.
Keawe was once many great chief’s
names it is now an important
building on our Middle School
Campus and it will remain that way
forever.
Math Standard: Measurement
Math Concept: Demonstrate skills of problem
solving. Measure and classify geometric
figures.
Problem: The coach of the Intermediate Girls basketball team wants to know how much
space there is left around the basketball court for his benches during there season basketball
games. The total length of the gym is 100 feet and the width of the gym is 80 feet. The
length of a regulation sized basketball court is 94 feet and the width is 50 feet. The
coach’s benches take up 10 square feet in length and 2 square feet in width. Find the
amount of square feet that remain surrounding the basketball court after the coach’s
benches are taken into account.
Nakoa
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3
1/9/10
Problem: The coach of the Intermediate Girls basketball team wants to know how much
space there is left around the basketball court for his benches during there season basketball
games. The total length of the gym is 100 feet and the width of the gym is 80 feet. The
length of a regulation sized basketball court is 94 feet and the width is 50 feet. The
coach’s benches take up 10 square feet in length and 2 square feet in width. Find the
amount of square feet that remain surrounding the basketball court after the coach’s
benches are taken into account.
Solution:
Find the total area of the gym.
100*80= 8,000
Next, find the area of the
basketball court.
94*50= 4,700
Then subtract the basketball court
from the total area.
8,000-4,700= 3,300
Find the amount of space one
bench would take up on each side.
10*2= 20
20*2= 40
Finally, subtract the amount of
space that two benches would
take up from the open space.
3,300-40= 3,260
Answer: 3,260 square feet will
remain.