Name ________________________

Rasheed is planning the layout for a new grocery store. He found the diagram below in a supply
catalog. It shows a drawing of a single shopping cart and a drawing of 12 shopping carts that are
“nested” together. (The drawings are 1/24th of the real size)

1. What is the length of a real shopping cart?

2. When the real carts are nested, how much does each cart stick out beyond the next one
in line?
3. What would be the total length of a row of 20 real nested carts?

4. What rule or formula could I use to find the length of a row of real nested carts for any
(n) number of carts?

5. How many real nested carts could fit in a space of 10 meters long?

6. With your partner, write a letter to Rasheed that answer his questions.
• For each question, explain your answer so that he can understand it and use it to make
decisions about the store.