Measuring tapa cloth

This task is about working out dimensions and area of a tapa cloth.
Elisaia is measuring his tapa cloth.
Each small section is about 20cm by 15cm.
tapa cloth

Question

a)  What is the approximate width of the cloth?

    • 1 metre

    • 1.2 metres

    • 1.4 metres

    • 1.8 metres

    • 2 metres

    • 3 metres

Question

b)  What is the approximate height of the cloth?

    • 1 metre

    • 1.05 metres

    • 1.25 metres

    • 1.5 metres

    • 2 metres

    • 3 metres

Question

c) Six people give ideas about how to work out the area of the tapa cloth.

    Select all the ways/strategies that would give the correct answer (you can choose as many as you want).

    • "Go 20 + 15 and multiply it by the number of rectangles in the tapa cloth"

    • "Work out the height and width, and then add them together"

    • "Go 20 × 15 and multiply it by the number of rectangles in the tapa cloth"

    • "Work out the height and times it by the number of columns"

    • "Work out the height and width, and then multiply the two together"

    • "Multiply 20cm by 6 and 15cm by 7 and add the numbers together"

Question

d) Use the small sections to work out the area.
    What is the approximate area of the tapa cloth? 

    • 0.9 square metres

    • 1.26 square metres

    • 2.25 square metres

    • 4.2 square metres

    • 8.4 square metres