Perimeter as decimal side sums minus overlaps
5.NBT.B.74.MD.A.3
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Using a length of wire without overlapping, you bent it to make one equilateral triangle like the one shown. How many meters of wire are left over?
(Figure: one equilateral triangle, with one side labeled .)
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A 3.5 m piece of wire is bent (no overlap) into one equilateral triangle whose side is 0.5 m. I need to find how much wire is left over after making the triangle.
- Total wire length is 3.5 m.
- The shape made is an equilateral triangle (all three sides equal).
- Each side of the triangle is 0.5 m.
- No wire overlaps when bending.
- The length of wire left over, in meters.
- An equilateral triangle has exactly 3 equal sides.
- Wire used equals the triangle's perimeter; leftover = total - perimeter.
Plan
#7 Identify Subproblems · also uses: #1 Draw a Diagram#8 Analyze the Units
Break the task into two small steps: first the perimeter (a side-length sum for an equilateral triangle), then a subtraction from the total wire. The figure shows one labeled side, and all sides are equal, so the perimeter is 3 copies of the side. Keeping the meters consistent guards against place-value slips with decimals.
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Review
The triangle uses 1.5 m out of the 3.5 m wire. Check: 1.5 + 2 = 3.5 m, exactly the original wire, so 2 m left over is consistent.
Use Draw a Diagram (tool 1): sketch the wire as a number line, mark off three side-length hops for the triangle, and read the remaining length.
Standards · min grade 5
5.NBT.B.7Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths — Multiplying the side by 3 for the perimeter and subtracting that from the total.4.MD.A.3Apply area and perimeter formulas for rectangles in real-world problems — Treating the wire used as the triangle's perimeter (sum of side lengths).
Using a length of wire without overlapping, you bent it to make one equilateral triangle like the one shown. How many meters of wire are left over?
(Figure: one equilateral triangle, with one side labeled .)
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A 4 m piece of wire is bent (no overlap) into one equilateral triangle whose side is 0.58 m. I need to find how much wire is left over after making the triangle.
- Total wire length is 4 m.
- The shape made is an equilateral triangle (all three sides equal).
- Each side of the triangle is 0.58 m.
- No wire overlaps when bending.
- The length of wire left over, in meters.
- An equilateral triangle has exactly 3 equal sides.
- Wire used equals the triangle's perimeter; leftover = total - perimeter.
Plan
#7 Identify Subproblems · also uses: #1 Draw a Diagram#8 Analyze the Units
Break the task into two small steps: first the perimeter (a side-length sum for an equilateral triangle), then a subtraction from the total wire. The figure shows one labeled side, and all sides are equal, so the perimeter is 3 copies of the side. Keeping the meters consistent guards against place-value slips with decimals.
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Review
The triangle uses 1.74 m out of the 4 m wire. Check: 1.74 + 2.26 = 4 m, exactly the original wire, so 2.26 m left over is consistent.
Use Draw a Diagram (tool 1): sketch the wire as a number line, mark off three side-length hops for the triangle, and read the remaining length.
Standards · min grade 5
5.NBT.B.7Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths — Multiplying the side by 3 for the perimeter and subtracting that from the total.4.MD.A.3Apply area and perimeter formulas for rectangles in real-world problems — Treating the wire used as the triangle's perimeter (sum of side lengths).
Using a length of wire without overlapping, you bent it to make one equilateral triangle like the one shown. How many meters of wire are left over?
(Figure: one equilateral triangle, with one side labeled .)
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A 10 m piece of wire is bent (no overlap) into one equilateral triangle whose side is 1.5 m. I need to find how much wire is left over after making the triangle.
- Total wire length is 10 m.
- The shape made is an equilateral triangle (all three sides equal).
- Each side of the triangle is 1.5 m.
- No wire overlaps when bending.
- The length of wire left over, in meters.
- An equilateral triangle has exactly 3 equal sides.
- Wire used equals the triangle's perimeter; leftover = total - perimeter.
Plan
#7 Identify Subproblems · also uses: #1 Draw a Diagram#8 Analyze the Units
Break the task into two small steps: first the perimeter (a side-length sum for an equilateral triangle), then a subtraction from the total wire. The figure shows one labeled side, and all sides are equal, so the perimeter is 3 copies of the side. Keeping the meters consistent guards against place-value slips with decimals.
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Review
The triangle uses 4.5 m out of the 10 m wire. Check: 4.5 + 5.5 = 10 m, exactly the original wire, so 5.5 m left over is consistent.
Use Draw a Diagram (tool 1): sketch the wire as a number line, mark off three side-length hops for the triangle, and read the remaining length.
Standards · min grade 5
5.NBT.B.7Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths — Multiplying the side by 3 for the perimeter and subtracting that from the total.4.MD.A.3Apply area and perimeter formulas for rectangles in real-world problems — Treating the wire used as the triangle's perimeter (sum of side lengths).
Using a length of wire without overlapping, you bent it to make one equilateral triangle like the one shown. How many meters of wire are left over?
(Figure: one equilateral triangle, with one side labeled .)
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A 3 m piece of wire is bent (no overlap) into one equilateral triangle whose side is 0.45 m. I need to find how much wire is left over after making the triangle.
- Total wire length is 3 m.
- The shape made is an equilateral triangle (all three sides equal).
- Each side of the triangle is 0.45 m.
- No wire overlaps when bending.
- The length of wire left over, in meters.
- An equilateral triangle has exactly 3 equal sides.
- Wire used equals the triangle's perimeter; leftover = total - perimeter.
Plan
#7 Identify Subproblems · also uses: #1 Draw a Diagram#8 Analyze the Units
Break the task into two small steps: first the perimeter (a side-length sum for an equilateral triangle), then a subtraction from the total wire. The figure shows one labeled side, and all sides are equal, so the perimeter is 3 copies of the side. Keeping the meters consistent guards against place-value slips with decimals.
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Review
The triangle uses 1.35 m out of the 3 m wire. Check: 1.35 + 1.65 = 3 m, exactly the original wire, so 1.65 m left over is consistent.
Use Draw a Diagram (tool 1): sketch the wire as a number line, mark off three side-length hops for the triangle, and read the remaining length.
Standards · min grade 5
5.NBT.B.7Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths — Multiplying the side by 3 for the perimeter and subtracting that from the total.4.MD.A.3Apply area and perimeter formulas for rectangles in real-world problems — Treating the wire used as the triangle's perimeter (sum of side lengths).
Using a length of wire without overlapping, you bent it to make one equilateral triangle like the one shown. How many meters of wire are left over?
(Figure: one equilateral triangle, with one side labeled .)
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A 8 m piece of wire is bent (no overlap) into one equilateral triangle whose side is 1.25 m. I need to find how much wire is left over after making the triangle.
- Total wire length is 8 m.
- The shape made is an equilateral triangle (all three sides equal).
- Each side of the triangle is 1.25 m.
- No wire overlaps when bending.
- The length of wire left over, in meters.
- An equilateral triangle has exactly 3 equal sides.
- Wire used equals the triangle's perimeter; leftover = total - perimeter.
Plan
#7 Identify Subproblems · also uses: #1 Draw a Diagram#8 Analyze the Units
Break the task into two small steps: first the perimeter (a side-length sum for an equilateral triangle), then a subtraction from the total wire. The figure shows one labeled side, and all sides are equal, so the perimeter is 3 copies of the side. Keeping the meters consistent guards against place-value slips with decimals.
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Review
The triangle uses 3.75 m out of the 8 m wire. Check: 3.75 + 4.25 = 8 m, exactly the original wire, so 4.25 m left over is consistent.
Use Draw a Diagram (tool 1): sketch the wire as a number line, mark off three side-length hops for the triangle, and read the remaining length.
Standards · min grade 5
5.NBT.B.7Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths — Multiplying the side by 3 for the perimeter and subtracting that from the total.4.MD.A.3Apply area and perimeter formulas for rectangles in real-world problems — Treating the wire used as the triangle's perimeter (sum of side lengths).
Using a length of wire without overlapping, you bent it to make one equilateral triangle like the one shown. How many meters of wire are left over?
(Figure: one equilateral triangle, with one side labeled .)
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A 4.5 m piece of wire is bent (no overlap) into one equilateral triangle whose side is 0.6 m. I need to find how much wire is left over after making the triangle.
- Total wire length is 4.5 m.
- The shape made is an equilateral triangle (all three sides equal).
- Each side of the triangle is 0.6 m.
- No wire overlaps when bending.
- The length of wire left over, in meters.
- An equilateral triangle has exactly 3 equal sides.
- Wire used equals the triangle's perimeter; leftover = total - perimeter.
Plan
#7 Identify Subproblems · also uses: #1 Draw a Diagram#8 Analyze the Units
Break the task into two small steps: first the perimeter (a side-length sum for an equilateral triangle), then a subtraction from the total wire. The figure shows one labeled side, and all sides are equal, so the perimeter is 3 copies of the side. Keeping the meters consistent guards against place-value slips with decimals.
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Review
The triangle uses 1.8 m out of the 4.5 m wire. Check: 1.8 + 2.7 = 4.5 m, exactly the original wire, so 2.7 m left over is consistent.
Use Draw a Diagram (tool 1): sketch the wire as a number line, mark off three side-length hops for the triangle, and read the remaining length.
Standards · min grade 5
5.NBT.B.7Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths — Multiplying the side by 3 for the perimeter and subtracting that from the total.4.MD.A.3Apply area and perimeter formulas for rectangles in real-world problems — Treating the wire used as the triangle's perimeter (sum of side lengths).
Using a length of wire without overlapping, you bent it to make one equilateral triangle like the one shown. How many meters of wire are left over?
(Figure: one equilateral triangle, with one side labeled .)
Show solution
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A 4 m piece of wire is bent (no overlap) into one equilateral triangle whose side is 0.8 m. I need to find how much wire is left over after making the triangle.
- Total wire length is 4 m.
- The shape made is an equilateral triangle (all three sides equal).
- Each side of the triangle is 0.8 m.
- No wire overlaps when bending.
- The length of wire left over, in meters.
- An equilateral triangle has exactly 3 equal sides.
- Wire used equals the triangle's perimeter; leftover = total - perimeter.
Plan
#7 Identify Subproblems · also uses: #1 Draw a Diagram#8 Analyze the Units
Break the task into two small steps: first the perimeter (a side-length sum for an equilateral triangle), then a subtraction from the total wire. The figure shows one labeled side, and all sides are equal, so the perimeter is 3 copies of the side. Keeping the meters consistent guards against place-value slips with decimals.
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Review
The triangle uses 2.4 m out of the 4 m wire. Check: 2.4 + 1.6 = 4 m, exactly the original wire, so 1.6 m left over is consistent.
Use Draw a Diagram (tool 1): sketch the wire as a number line, mark off three side-length hops for the triangle, and read the remaining length.
Standards · min grade 5
5.NBT.B.7Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths — Multiplying the side by 3 for the perimeter and subtracting that from the total.4.MD.A.3Apply area and perimeter formulas for rectangles in real-world problems — Treating the wire used as the triangle's perimeter (sum of side lengths).
Using a length of wire without overlapping, you bent it to make one equilateral triangle like the one shown. How many meters of wire are left over?
(Figure: one equilateral triangle, with one side labeled .)
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A 5 m piece of wire is bent (no overlap) into one equilateral triangle whose side is 0.72 m. I need to find how much wire is left over after making the triangle.
- Total wire length is 5 m.
- The shape made is an equilateral triangle (all three sides equal).
- Each side of the triangle is 0.72 m.
- No wire overlaps when bending.
- The length of wire left over, in meters.
- An equilateral triangle has exactly 3 equal sides.
- Wire used equals the triangle's perimeter; leftover = total - perimeter.
Plan
#7 Identify Subproblems · also uses: #1 Draw a Diagram#8 Analyze the Units
Break the task into two small steps: first the perimeter (a side-length sum for an equilateral triangle), then a subtraction from the total wire. The figure shows one labeled side, and all sides are equal, so the perimeter is 3 copies of the side. Keeping the meters consistent guards against place-value slips with decimals.
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Review
The triangle uses 2.16 m out of the 5 m wire. Check: 2.16 + 2.84 = 5 m, exactly the original wire, so 2.84 m left over is consistent.
Use Draw a Diagram (tool 1): sketch the wire as a number line, mark off three side-length hops for the triangle, and read the remaining length.
Standards · min grade 5
5.NBT.B.7Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths — Multiplying the side by 3 for the perimeter and subtracting that from the total.4.MD.A.3Apply area and perimeter formulas for rectangles in real-world problems — Treating the wire used as the triangle's perimeter (sum of side lengths).
Using a length of wire without overlapping, you bent it to make one equilateral triangle like the one shown. How many meters of wire are left over?
(Figure: one equilateral triangle, with one side labeled .)
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A 6 m piece of wire is bent (no overlap) into one equilateral triangle whose side is 0.9 m. I need to find how much wire is left over after making the triangle.
- Total wire length is 6 m.
- The shape made is an equilateral triangle (all three sides equal).
- Each side of the triangle is 0.9 m.
- No wire overlaps when bending.
- The length of wire left over, in meters.
- An equilateral triangle has exactly 3 equal sides.
- Wire used equals the triangle's perimeter; leftover = total - perimeter.
Plan
#7 Identify Subproblems · also uses: #1 Draw a Diagram#8 Analyze the Units
Break the task into two small steps: first the perimeter (a side-length sum for an equilateral triangle), then a subtraction from the total wire. The figure shows one labeled side, and all sides are equal, so the perimeter is 3 copies of the side. Keeping the meters consistent guards against place-value slips with decimals.
Execute
Review
The triangle uses 2.7 m out of the 6 m wire. Check: 2.7 + 3.3 = 6 m, exactly the original wire, so 3.3 m left over is consistent.
Use Draw a Diagram (tool 1): sketch the wire as a number line, mark off three side-length hops for the triangle, and read the remaining length.
Standards · min grade 5
5.NBT.B.7Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths — Multiplying the side by 3 for the perimeter and subtracting that from the total.4.MD.A.3Apply area and perimeter formulas for rectangles in real-world problems — Treating the wire used as the triangle's perimeter (sum of side lengths).
Using a length of wire without overlapping, you bent it to make one equilateral triangle like the one shown. How many meters of wire are left over?
(Figure: one equilateral triangle, with one side labeled .)
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A 7 m piece of wire is bent (no overlap) into one equilateral triangle whose side is 1.1 m. I need to find how much wire is left over after making the triangle.
- Total wire length is 7 m.
- The shape made is an equilateral triangle (all three sides equal).
- Each side of the triangle is 1.1 m.
- No wire overlaps when bending.
- The length of wire left over, in meters.
- An equilateral triangle has exactly 3 equal sides.
- Wire used equals the triangle's perimeter; leftover = total - perimeter.
Plan
#7 Identify Subproblems · also uses: #1 Draw a Diagram#8 Analyze the Units
Break the task into two small steps: first the perimeter (a side-length sum for an equilateral triangle), then a subtraction from the total wire. The figure shows one labeled side, and all sides are equal, so the perimeter is 3 copies of the side. Keeping the meters consistent guards against place-value slips with decimals.
Execute
Review
The triangle uses 3.3 m out of the 7 m wire. Check: 3.3 + 3.7 = 7 m, exactly the original wire, so 3.7 m left over is consistent.
Use Draw a Diagram (tool 1): sketch the wire as a number line, mark off three side-length hops for the triangle, and read the remaining length.
Standards · min grade 5
5.NBT.B.7Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths — Multiplying the side by 3 for the perimeter and subtracting that from the total.4.MD.A.3Apply area and perimeter formulas for rectangles in real-world problems — Treating the wire used as the triangle's perimeter (sum of side lengths).