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Doghouse Design Measurements
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Doghouse Design Measurements
🏠 Part 1: Planning Your Doghouse Design
1. Draw your doghouse design in the box below. Include labels for the door, walls, and roof.
2. What measurements do you need to plan before building a doghouse? Tick all that apply:
Length of the walls
Width of the door
Height of the doghouse
Colour of the paint
Length of roof planks
📏 Part 2: Measuring and Calculating
3. Your doghouse measurements:
Length: _______ cm Width: _______ cm Height: _______ cm
4. Calculate the perimeter of the doghouse base (length + width + length + width):
5. If you need 4 wall planks and each plank is 85 cm long, how much total wood do you need for the walls?
6. You have 400 cm of wood available. After using the wood from question 5, how much wood is left over?
📐 Part 3: Angles in Construction
7. Circle the correct answer: A right angle measures:
45 degrees
90 degrees
180 degrees
8. Draw and label 3 right angles you would find in a doghouse:
9. Why are right angles important when building a doghouse?
🔨 Part 4: Problem Solving
10. Match each building task with the correct measurement tool:
1. Measuring plank length
2. Checking corner angles
3. Measuring door width
4. Finding roof slope
A. Ruler
B. Measuring tape
C. Protractor
D. Set square
11. The door opening is 30 cm wide. If the front wall is 120 cm wide, how much wall space is left on either side of the door?
12. You need to cut a roof plank that is 150 cm long into 3 equal pieces. How long will each piece be?
🎯 Part 5: Real-World Applications
13. Fill in the blanks about metric measurements:
There are _______ centimetres in 1 metre. If a doghouse is 2 metres long, that equals _______ centimetres.
14. What could happen if you don't measure accurately before building? Give 2 examples:
15. Extension Challenge: If the doghouse floor area is 80 cm × 60 cm, what is the total floor area in square centimetres?
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