Ms. Francis is planning a birthday party for her daughter. There will be 22 children at the party, and in order to seat them all she needs to rent square card tables. Only 1 child can sit at each side of a card table.
Ms. Francis wants to arrange the tables in a rectangular shape so they look like one large table. The room is large enough that
the rectangle can be made with more than one row of tables.
Part A: How many different arrangements can Ms. Francis make to seat all 22 children?
Part B: What is the smallest number of tables that Ms. Francis needs to rent?
DIRECTIONS: To solve the problem, apply the steps of the Mathematical Problem-Solving Routine.
Understand
1. Try to visualize the situation. Consider drawing a diagram
2. State the problem in your own words.
3. What is the important information in the problem?
Plan
4. What strategy will you use to solve the problem? Why?
