Unit 2 - Lesson 17 - Grade 5: Illustrative Mathematics

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Grade 5 Unit 2
Lesson 17: Mosaic Pictures
CC BY 2021 Illustrative MathematicsĀ®
Grade 5 Unit 2
Lesson 17: Mosaic Pictures
CC BY 2021 Illustrative MathematicsĀ®
Lesson: Mosaic Pictures

Notice and Wonder: Mosaic (Warm Up)

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What do you notice?

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What do you wonder?

Create a Mosaic

  1. Use the colored paper and scissors to cut identical rectangles. Make sure the measurement of one side of the rectangle is a whole number and the other is a fraction greater than 1.
  2. What is the area of one of your rectangles? Show your reasoning.
  3. Use the rectangles from your group to make a group mosaic by arranging some of the different colored rectangles on a blank piece of paper.
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What is the area of one of your rectangles? Show your reasoning?

Cost of Mosaic

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About how much would it cost to create your mosaic with your preferred material? Explain or show your reasoning.