Let's Cut to Fit | Cyberchase

PBS Learning Media
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PBS Learning Media
Resource Type
Classroom Material
Keywords
rectangle dimensions geometry measurement right angle square corner
Subjects
Mathematics
Grade Levels
Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5
Audience
Classroom Teacher / Educator
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Let's Cut to Fit | Cyberchase

In this Cyberchase video clip, Jackie finds a rectangular box that is in need of a top. She measures the box and notes that is 16 cyber-inches vertically and 18 cyber-inches horizontally. She mistakenly draws a rhombus with the same dimensions. Matt says it looks like the rectangle is "leaning" and they discover that a rectangle must have four ninty-degree corners. They use material that already has one perfectly square corner and a carpenter's ruler to re-draw the box top.

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PBS Learning Media

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