Name: _____________________________ “Welcome home, Anthony!” “Hi Mom! How was your day?” Anthony replied. His mom answered, “I was worried about you. How was your first day at school?” “ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___!” What Did Anthony Say? Find the letter choice that represents the area of each respective shape. Keep track of your letter choices! Once complete, you will then take all of your letter choices and unscramble the letters to find out what Anthony told his mother about his first day at school! A: 𝑥 ! + 4𝑥 + 4 C: 𝑥 ! − 6𝑥 + 8 B: 𝑥 ! – 6𝑥 – 8 D: 2𝑥 ! – 𝑥 – 20 E: 2𝑥 ! – 𝑥 – 10 F: 𝑥 ! + 8𝑥 + 6 H: 𝑥 ! + 6𝑥 + 8 K: 𝑥 ! + 8𝑥 + 16 I: 2𝑥 ! – 5𝑥 – 3 J: 4𝑥 ! – 2𝑥 – 20 L: 𝑥 ! – 11𝑥 + 18 M: 𝑥 ! – 3𝑥 – 10 N: 2𝑥 ! – 2𝑥 – 24 O: 𝑥 ! – 8𝑥 + 16 P: 𝑥 ! – 3𝑥 – 18 R: 𝑥 ! + 2𝑥 + 4 S: 𝑥 ! – 7𝑥 – 18 T: 𝑥 ! – 𝑥 – 12 U: 𝑥 ! + 9𝑥 – 18 V: 𝑥 ! + 3𝑥 – 18 Anthony’s locker is (𝑥 + 4) ft. long and (𝑥 + 2) ft. Anthony’s math book is (𝑥 + 6) inches long and wide. (𝑥 − 3) inches wide Area = __________________in.2 Letter 2: ____ Anthony brought his favorite lunch box to His desk in English class is way too small. It was school. It’s (𝑥 − 9) inches wide and (𝑥 − 2) inches only (𝑥 − 5) feet wide and (𝑥 + 2) feet long. long. Area = __________________ft.2 Area = __________________in.2 Letter 1: ____ Letter 3: ____ Area = __________________ft.2 Letter 4: ____ During Gym, he learned about his new high school’s mascot, the Triangle Tiger. The base of the triangle is (2𝑥 + 6) feet and the tiger is (𝑥 − 4) feet tall. Area = __________________ft.2 Letter 5: ____ In his last period class (Art), Anthony had to draw a perfect square with a side length of (𝑥 − 4) inches. Each student had a computer for Anthony’s journalism class. His computer monitor was (𝑥 − 3) inches wide (2𝑥 + 1) inches tall. Area = __________________in.2 Letter 6: ____ For homework, his Art teacher asked him to buy a triangular canvas that would fit the exact dimensions of his easel. The base of the triangle of his easel was (2𝑥 − 5) inches and the height was (2𝑥 + 4) inches. Area = __________________in.2 Letter 7: ____ Area = __________________in.2 Letter 8: ____ After school Anthony was challenged to a game of Four Square. The dimensions can be seen in the picture below. Find the area of the entire Four Square playing field. 𝑥 2 𝑥 2 Area = ______________________ft.2 Letter 9: _____ www.AlgebraNation.com
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