Read This! Spaghetti and Meatballs for All

Hi, I'm Albert and I read Spaghetti and Meatballs for All by Marilyn Burns.

This book is about a couple who wants to host a dinner party for 32 people. They rent 8 tables and 32 chairs and try to set them up so each table has 4 chairs.  First they set up the tables so 8 tables form a 1x8 rectangle but that only seats 18 people. They kept trying different options to get all 32 people seated. Finally they set up the 8 tables seperately so that there were 4 chairs at each table and since 8x4= 32 all the people could sit.

This book teaches about perimeter by showing that if the tables were connected, less people could sit down but by having them seperate, more people can fit which means the perimeter is greater.