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Finding Area

We’ve been learning about how to find the area of rectangles in math.  In order to find the area, you must multiply the length and the width. In the rectangle above, we see that the length is 8 inches and the width is 6 inches.  In order to find the area, you must multiply these together: [...]

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Slides, Flips, and Turns – A Winter Story

Looking outside the window, with the beautiful landscape of snow, we can definitely tell that winter is here!  Winter brings many different feelings and visions.  Some think about the holidays.  Some think about ice and snow.  What do I think about?  Well, I think about geometry of course!  There are so many different shapes involved [...]

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