Grandpa’s vegetable garden
Tom’s grandpa likes order.
Today he wants to prepare a vegetable garden.
“My vegetable garden must be SQUARE.” he says. “But I’d like to grow more than one vegetable”
“And I want to separate one vegetable from another with my beautiful borders.�
He asks Tom:
Can you help me to organize my vegetable garden?
Yes, grandpa!
AND YOU? CAN YOU HELP TOM? Use the sticks for the borders and draw your plan for Tom’s grandpa vegetable garden.
How many sticks/pieces of border do you need?
SQUARES (VEGETABLES)
STICKS (BORDERS)
1
4
SQUARES (VEGETABLES)
STICKS (BORDERS)
4
12
SQUARES (VEGETABLES)
STICKS (BORDERS)
9
24
SQUARES (VEGETABLES)
STICKS (BORDERS)
16
40
SQUARES (VEGETABLES)
STICKS (BORDERS)
36
84
The biggest one!
SQUARES (VEGETABLES)
STICKS (BORDERS)
49
112
Let’s try with…
triangles!
Thanks for your help!