1. Lesson 3

1.1. Discover

Mathematics 30-3 Module 6

Module 6: Measurement

 

This is a photograph of two men carrying a table up stairs into a house.

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Discover

 

Try This 1

 

When moving furniture pieces into a home, you need to consider if the pieces will fit through the door. If a standard exterior door is 36 ± 2 in wide and 82 ± 2 in high, will each of the pieces of furniture in the following table fit through the door?

 

This shows three sizes of doors, one standard size of 36 by 82 inches, one 34 by 80 inches, and one 38 by 84 inches.

 

Furniture

Length
(in)

Width
(in)

Height
(in)

Illustration

King-Size Mattress

80 ± 0.5

76 ± 0.5

10 ± 0.5

This shows a king-size mattress with the dimensions eighty plus or minus zero decimal five inches by seventy-six plus or minus zero decimal five inches by ten plus or minus zero decimal five inches.

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Couch

90 ± 0.5

39 ± 0.5

31 ± 0.5

This shows an antique couch with the dimensions ninety plus or minus zero decimal five inches by thirty-nine plus or minus zero decimal five inches by thirty-one plus or minus zero decimal five inches.

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Dining Room Table

78 ± 0.5

40 ± 0.5

29 ± 1

This shows a dining room table with the dimensions seventy-eight plus or minus zero decimal five inches by forty plus or minus zero decimal five inches by twenty-nine plus or minus one inch.

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Chest of Drawers

41 ± 0.5

21 ± 0.5

49.5 ± 0.05

This shows a chest of drawers with the dimensions forty-one plus or minus zero decimal five inches by twenty-one plus or minus zero decimal five inches by forty-nine decimal five plus or minus zero decimal zero five inches.

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Share 1

 

With a partner or in a group, consider your answers to Try This 1, along with the following questions.

  1. What are the ranges of values for the dimensions of the door?
  2. Will some of the pieces fit one way but not another?
  3. Describe which way each piece will best fit through the door.

course folder If required, place a summary of your discussion in your course folder.