July 27th, 2015 Down These Mean Streets

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Directions: Choose questions that you feel you can answer. Try to challenge yourself to answer the highest level you can! Answer TWO questions for each level. Use complete sentences!

Questions based on the text: Down These Mean Streets, chapter #4 (Alien Turf)

Level#1
A) When Piri enters his apartment after the fight he has with Rocky and his gang, what is his mother doing and what does he try to do?



B) A rectangular piece of plywood is 150 centimeters long. It is 75 centimeters wide. Find the area of the piece of plywood. (Hint: use the formula L x W = A)




Level#2
A) When Piri enters his apartment after his fight with Rocky and his boys what was his mother doing?



B) A rectangular window pane in Mr. Rolla’s office is 28 inches long and 24 inches wide. What is the perimeter of the window pane?

The perimeter is ________ inches.

Level#3
A) Piri goes into his apartment after his fight with Rocky and his boys. He smells something good that his mother is cooking. What is his mother cooking?



B) Mr. Miller has a rectangular –shaped mirror in his office which is 4 feet long and 3 feet wide. What is the perimeter of his mirror?

The perimeter of Mr. Miller’s mirror is _________ feet.

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