Landscape Gardeners Today, we will investigate the relationship between the area and perimeters of
rectangles.
Resources
Square files
Squared paper
Problem 1:
The landscape gardeners have thirty-six square paving slabs to make a rest
area in the middle of a lawn. To make it easy to mow they want the rest area
to be rectangular in shape and have the least perimeter (distance around the
outside) as possible.
What arrangement of the tiles gives the smallest possible perimeter?
Can you explain why this happens?