Garden Variety

In the grid below, f Mrs. Hains' wants to plant a garden that is 8 yds long and 3 yds wide. In this map each square corresponds to an area of 1 square yard. The side of each square is one yard long.

What is the area of Mrs. Hains' garden? What is the perimeter of Mrs. Hains' garden?

Mrs. Hains wants to plant 3 different plants in her garden in 3 different sections. She wants the area of two of the sections to be equal and wants the area of the third section to be twice as large as the other two sections. What should the area of the largest section be? The two smaller sections?

Using a piece of paper how many different ways can Mrs. Hains divide her garden?

Without counting squares, how can you find the area of the different sections of the garden?