Thursday, January 26, 2012

Helping Hershey

Hershey wants to update his kennel with some new carpet.

His kennel is a rectangle and measures 9 feet in length and 6 feet in width.

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

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

22 comments:

S14 said...

He is not right because I think it is 54.I used magic fingers and I put my 6th finger down,so on the left there were 5 and on the right there were 4 so I got 54.

JH 11 said...

No he is not right.Because the answer is 54.Because when you do
9x6=54. I used magic fingers.

a13 said...

No.Hersey is not correct.The anwer
is 54 ft.I'm not trying to make him
look bad but his answer is incorrect.I used magic fingers and
I got 54 ft.

billy said...

no hershey is not right you dont add up all the sides you multiply 9 times 6 and that =54

Joey 12 said...

Hershey's answer is incorrect.The right answer is 54.I did my dad's method and took one from six to get the 5 and added how much from 5 I needed to get to 9 and that's how I got the 4.

B4 said...

No,becouse you don't add you mulitiply.So you would mulitiply
9x6=54.So you need 54ft of carpet.

D19 said...

Dear Hershey,
You actshaly need 54 square feet of carpet because you dont count how long it is on the outside you count the square feet on the inside.

skyler said...

I think hershy is wrong because the answer is 54.9x6=54.he did addition not multimacation.

lm15 said...

6x9=54 hersheyis not right he is wrong 30 is not the anser 54 is

kade16 said...

No because you don't add you mutiply because only on perimiter you add.and the anser is 54.

rybot said...

I think he is wrong because it's just like 9x6 and the answer is 54.

SELENA#7 said...

Well if Hershey needs 6,feet in W
and 9,feet L. 9 times 6= #54.

KAYA said...

NO because he adds up 9 6 and 9TIMES 6=54 SO SO ITS 54

kr2o said...

I think hershy is wrong because the answeris 54,9x6=54.He did multications than additon.

cami2 said...

He is not right becase if you do
9x6=54.

kendra and abby friends said...

hershey you are wrong you need to x not add what you need is 54 not 30 and thats what you need to do.

kiki5 said...

Hershey dosn't have the correct anwser becuase the correct anwser is 54. So 9x6=54.

A1 said...

Hershey, you are wrong.you meserd the outside wich is the perimiter.the anser is you need to x the numbers.the number anser is 54

will said...

ok hershey just do 9x6=but i know
9s are hard just ask mr.d to do magic fingers for 9s but your
anser is 54

Erik said...

hershy got it rong the anser was 54

dan 17 said...

hershey is rong because his cenol is 54 so hershey is way off

j23 said...

Hershey is wrong becaues 9 times 6 is 54 and 6 times 9 is 54 to.