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Jessica’s parents are planning their new house. They received a scale drawing from an architect, and Jessica is trying to figure out how big her bedroom will be. The architect has noted that each inch on his drawing represents one foot of distance in the new house. If the diagram of Jessica’s room measures inches by inches, what will be the actual dimensions of her new room?  

How many  inches are there in  and  inch measurements?

For example, say Jessica's bathroom is represented as a rectangle measuring and one quarter inches by inches. Using the same scale, you can find the actual dimensions of her new bathroom.

The diagram below visually shows that there are one fourths in one and one fourth inches. Now draw the same thing for two inches.

Two equal sized circles, each divided up into 4 equal pie shaped pieces. All of the first circle, and 1 piece of the second circle are, shaded green. The other 3, are shaded orange.

There are one fourths in one and one fourth and one fourths in two.

Now you can use the distance conversion and multiplication to find the actual dimensions of the bathroom. Since one-fourth inch is equivalent to 1 foot, Jessica's bathroom will be feet by feet.

Can you use a similar strategy to find the dimensions of Jessica's bedroom? Drawing a diagram may help!

Jessica's bedroom will be feet by feet.