MC 3-25

1. If the green triangle has one unit of area, then what is the area of the blue rhombus? The red trapezoid? The yellow hexagon?
2. What if the blue rhombus has one unit of area? What would the area of the green triangle be? The red trapezoid? The yellow hexagon?
3. If the red trapezoid now has an area of one, what is the area of the green triangle? The blue rhombus? The yellow hexagon?
4. If the yellow hexagon represents an area of one unit, what is the area of the green triangle? The blue rhombus? The red trapezoid?
5. Additional Challenge: If the area of the blue rhombus is 1/4 unit, build a shape that has an area of 5/8.
What would be the area of a shape built using one of each color of block?

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