Forming Rectangles with Squares
A unit square is a square with a side length of 1 unit. The rectangle below was formed using 6 unit squares. Its dimensions are 1 unit × 6 units or simply 1 × 6.
TASK
Using the Square tool, form as many rectangles as you can using exactly 6 unit squares.
Question 1
What are the dimensions of the rectangles that you have formed?
Question 2
We know that a 1 × 6 and a 6 × 1 rectangle are just the same rectangle (Why?), so we can count them as one rectangle. Now that we know this, how many rectangles can we form if we use exactly 6 unit squares?
Question 3
How many rectangles can we form if we only use exactly 5 squares?