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28 February, 09:45

Mrs. Pender shows her students 2 sticks measuring 6 inches and 2 sticks measuring 8 inches. She asks the students to arrange the sticks to make a two-dimensional figure with the greatest possible area. The ways in which Anna and Reggie organize the sticks are shown.

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  1. 28 February, 09:55
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    She should arrange them to make a rectangle with lengths of 8 and widths of 6.

    If she does this, the area will be 48. 6 x 8.

    Any other possible arrangements will have a smaller area than 48 square inches.
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