Break Apart Rectilinear Figures Introduction

Logan and his class are learning about paper airplanes. Their teacher tells them that to make the best plane, you should have a rectangular piece of paper. When Logan gets home, he finds some scrap paper that has pieces cut out. Let’s help Logan break apart the scrap paper into rectangular shapes he can use to make paper airplanes.

8 paper airplanes flying in the field. Each paper airplane is made of a different color paper.

Question

If Logan has a piece of paper that looks like this, how can he break it apart into two rectangular shapes?

A rectangular shape that looks like two rectangles joined together. One of the rectangles area is smaller than the other. If you cut either of the smaller sides off you would have a perfect rectangle.

Answer

He can cut it vertically or horizontally to make 2 rectangular shapes!

A rectangular shape that looks like two rectangles joined together. One of the rectangles area is smaller than the other. If you cut either of the smaller sides off you would have a perfect rectangle. You can cut vertically up and down or horizontally side to side. To shape the rectangle.

Let’s help Logan break apart the pieces of scrap paper into rectangular shapes to make paper airplanes!