Friday, March 1, 2013

Helping Hershey

Hershey wants to update his kennel with some new carpet.

His kennel is a rectangle and measures 10 feet in length and 5 feet in width.

Hershey wanted to find the area of his kennel so he added up his sides and came up with 30 feet as his area.

Is Hershey correct? Why or why not? Please explain your answer.


20 comments:

am15 said...

Hershy is not right because he just found the perimitor he forgot about the inside. instead of counting the perimitor you have to multiply 10x5 so it would be 50 feet.

logster 21 said...

Hershey is wrong because 10x5= 50. I will even count 10 20 30 40 50. So that is how i got 50

AS22 said...

Hershy is correct beacause
10+10+5+5=30
10+10=20
5+5=10

ads23 said...

no because if 10x5=50 he would need a bigger cennel

cb4 said...

yes he is correct 10+10+5+5=30 sothe area is 30

tk11 said...

Hershey is not right because he added the perimader you need to add the area so add i like this 10+10+10+10+10= and solve the anser so add 10+10+10+10+10=50.

edog1 said...

its false becase 5 10 times is 50

ad5 said...

No Hershy is not right because 10+10+10+10+10=50.And 5+5+5+5+5 and it keeps going for 30 times.

KG9 said...

No Hershy is not right becuse when you find the area you x so the anser is 50.

J20 said...

No, Because 5 times 10 or 10 times 5 is 50.

HIPPO 7 said...

The inside of Hershy's kennel is five times ten = fifty so Hershy is incorrcet.

BM14 said...

I think hershey is wrong because he added the periretem I think it is 50 because 10x5=50 because 5 10 15 20 25 30 25 40 45 50 or 10 20 30 40 50. So i think the area is 50

sp18 said...

Hershey found the perireter in the outside and it 30.The area to this is 50 if their in 10 up and down and 5 across then that like 10x5=50.like 10 20 30 40 50. And 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50.

k6 said...

No because if you count by 5s or 10s you get 50 and not 30.So it would be 50.

Z17 said...

No becouse its area and 5 by 10 or 5x10=50 so NO!!n

Ab3 said...

no because theres 5 roes of 10 so i know that 5 roes of 10 is 50 i know that because we where talking about the stuff.

C2 said...

No because he couned the outside of the cannle I got 50 this is how I got 50 I did 5x10= 50.

oo19 said...

no becouse he did the perimiter it is like this HERSHY! 5x10=50!

TDK12304 said...

No.He needs it to be 50 square feet for it to be the right size.

T16 said...

Hershey is wrong because the answer is 50 because he added the perimeter then that would be 30.