Tuesday December 8, 2009

Today we compared the Wumps. Glug and Lug are impostors because their formulas do not multiply x and y by the same number. This makes them not similar to Mug Wump because Glug and Lug are either long and skinny or short and fat. If the Wump is not an impostor (like Bug, Zug, and Mug) they are similar figures to Mug. Also, the area of the Wumps do not go up at a steady rate. The area changes differently. For example, the area of Mug's mouth equals 4, Zug = 16, and Bug= 36. When our group compared the Wumps, our notes were:

• all of Zug's features are twice as long as Mug's
• Glug is 3 times taller than Mug
• Lug is 3 times as wide as Mug
• Lug is 24 units wide and 7 units high
• Mug is 8 units wide and 7 units high
• Zug is 16 units wide and 14 units high
• Bug is 24 units wide and 21 units high