Oscar has a piece of plywood that is 9 by 9 feet. Explain how he can divide it into two smaller pieces of plywood. Would the area of the smaller pieces equal the area of the large piece?

The Homecoming dance is going to be held in the school gymnasium which is 300 feet X 300 feet.  The fire marshall requires 4 square feet per person.  How many tickets can the school sell?

Ariel's bedroom is 170in long, 135in wide, and 8.3 ft high. Her bedroom has two windows that measure 15 sq.ft. each and a door that measures 20 sq.ft. Ariel and her daughter, Melody, are going to paint Ariel's bedroom. It is given that 1 gallon of paint covers 150 sq.ft. How many gallons of paint are needed to paint the four walls and the ceiling of Ariel's bedroom with one coat of paint? Round your final answer to two decimals places.

One bag of pesticide covers 4000 square feet. How many bags of pesticide should be purchased to cover a rectangular garden that is 180 feet by 175 feet?

Vlad (the vampire) wanted to line the inside of his coffin bed with purple cloth. He measured the inside height, length and width to be twenty-three inches, eighty-four inches and twenty- eight inches. He also noted that it was a rectangular prism. The purple cloth is sold by the foot in sixty inch wide pieces. How many feet of cloth does he need to buy?

Luke is buying a computer monitor that is 12 inches tall and has a distance of 37 inches between opposite corners. What is the width of Luke's new monitor?

A gallon of latex paint can cover 250 square feet. Maria has a rectangular room whose dimensions are 20 feet by 22 feet, with 9​-foot ceilings. How many gallon containers of paint does she need to buy to paint two coats on each​ wall?

A set designer has 1000 feet of border and a very big canvas. She can enclose a rectangular canvas area with dimensions x ft and 500 – x ft. What is the largest canvas she can create?

Daniel received a citation and wants to frame the plaque in such a way as it creates a border of uniform width around the rectangular plaque. The picture company charges $1 per square inch for the size of the entire frame . If the plaque is 6 inches by 9 inches and Bonnie paid $70 to have it framed, how wide would the border be?