Perimeter and Area of the Story Family Cabin!

Third and fourth graders are reading historical fiction book

Green Mountain Hero.  This book tells of the Story family's 

move from Salisbury, Connecticut to Salisbury, Vermont in 1774.

Third graders read that the Story family's cabin dimensions were 16' X 24'.

They decided to see what this would look like, so they worked together to 

measure out and lay masking tape in a 16' X 24' rectangle 

It was hard to believe a family of seven lived in a cabin that size.

Next task:  Find the "perimeter" and "area" of the

Story family cabin.

Third graders first sketched the dimensions of the Story 

family cabin onto centimeter grid paper.  They then figured 

out the perimeter. Base Ten pieces were then used to find 

the area of the cabin.  The results:

Dimensions - 16' X 24'

Perimeter - 80 feet

Area - 384 square feet