1. Design a Fish Tank

The Principal of your school has asked you to design a fish tank to be placed in the auditorium. The principal has indicated that all the tools for building the fish tank would be given to you, so you don’t have to be concerned about how much they cost. The only things that you need to be concerned with are:

• The cost of the glass for making the fish tank; and
• The cost of the fish to put in the

The principal has asked you to determine your choice for the best design of the fish tank so that it stays within the budget of $4,000.

Starting the Design

The principal has asked you to design a fish tank that meets the following conditions

• The area of the base of the fish tank must be 480 square inches
• The base of the fish tank must be shaped like a rectangle but must not be a square.
• The length of the fish tank is 24 inches

Based on the information given above, what is the width of the fish tank in inches?

__________________________ inches

2. Design a Fish Tank

The Principal of your school has asked you to design a fish tank to be placed in the auditorium. The principal has indicated that all the tools for building the fish tank would be given to you, so you don’t have to be concerned about how much they cost. The only things that you need to be concerned with are:

• The cost of the glass for making the fish tank; and
• The cost of the fish to put in the

The principal has asked you to determine your choice for the best design of the fish tank so that it stays within the budget of $4,000.

Starting the Design

The principal has asked you to design a fish tank that meets the following conditions

• The area of the base of the fish tank must be 480 square inches
• The base of the fish tank must be shaped like a rectangle but must not be a square.
• The length of the fish tank is 24 inches

Based on the measurements, what is the perimeter of the base of the fish tank?

__________________________ inches

3. Design a Fish Tank

The Principal of your school has asked you to design a fish tank to be placed in the auditorium. The principal has indicated that all the tools for building the fish tank would be given to you, so you don’t have to be concerned about how much they cost. The only things that you need to be concerned with are:

• The cost of the glass for making the fish tank; and
• The cost of the fish to put in the

The principal has asked you to determine your choice for the best design of the fish tank so that it stays within the budget of $4,000.

Starting the Design

The principal has asked you to design a fish tank that meets the following conditions

• The area of the base of the fish tank must be 480 square inches
• The base of the fish tank must be shaped like a rectangle but must not be a square.
• The length of the fish tank is 24 inches

The principal would like the fish tank to be 10 inches deep. You must buy glass sheets to construct the fish tank as seen below.

The fish tank is a rectangular prism that is filled with water.

It has a base but no top.

Phil's Hardware Store, offers rectangular glass sheets that are measured by width and length and sold in three original sizes.

You plan to buy the glass from Phil's Hardware Store to make the fish tank.

Using the information from the design of your fish tank, what is the cost to buy the number of glass sheets needed to build the fish tank?

$_____________________________

4. Filling the tank with water

The principal recommends that you fill your tank with water 8 inches deep.

Determine what the volume, in cubic inches, of water in your fish tank.

___________________________ in3

5.

Buying the fish

Your manager wants you to have as many different types of fish in your tank as possible.

Using the information in the table, what would be the maximum number of different types of fish you could have in your fish tank?

6.

Buying the fish

Based on the information you have gathered, what would be the cost of the fish that you bought for your fish tank?

$_______________________________

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Buying the fish

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You have been given a budget of $4000 to build the fish tank you designed.

Based on the information you have gathered, do you have enough money to build your fish tank?