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Act 1
How many cans are needed to paint the room?
Write down a guess.
Act 2
3. What information would be useful to figure this out?
4. Write down some questions you have in your head right now.
There is a double coat of paint.
Act 3
Sequel
5. What would happen if the room only needed a single coat of paint?
6. What would happen if the room needed a triple coat of paint?
Standards
Common Core
7.G.B.6 - Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, volume and surface area of two- and three-dimensional objects composed of triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons, cubes, and right prisms.
TEKS
7.9(D) - solve problems involving the lateral and total surface area of a rectangular prism, rectangular pyramid, triangular prism, and triangular pyramid by determining the area of the shape’s net
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