Calculate areas by decomposing quilt pattern figures.
[i]Answer these open ended questions on your own or with others to form deeper math connections. [/i]
In general, how does a quilter figure out how much cloth of each color is needed to sew their quilt?
If the quilter wanted to include different kinds of acute or obtuse triangles in their quilt, how would they find the areas of those pieces?
If a quilter knows how much of each color fabric they need, how can they calculate the total amount of fabric they need to sew their quilt?