Activity 2

Task A

Carmel arranges bowls of grapes on a table in rows, as shown below. The plan does not show all of the bowls. The table is 75 centimetres (cm) by 60 cm. The round bowls are 15 cm across.

How many bowls will fit onto the table?

Task B

Carmel plans to wrap cloth around all 4 sides of the table and will add a single piece to cover the top of the table.

The cloth is only available with a width of 1 metre (m). It can be bought in any length and costs £3 per metre.

What will be the cheapest cost of the cloth?

Task C

1. Eustachy is planning a display. He has 5 square tables.

Each table is 1 metre (m) long. Eustachy made 2 plans.

What is the total area of the table tops in Plan A?

2. Compare the perimeters of the shapes in Plan A and Plan B.