Activity
Lewis directs the school marching band. He uses scale drawings of the football field to design marching formations for the band. The football field is 100 yards long and 53 1/3 yards wide. Lewis always uses a scale of 1 inch to 10 yards for his drawings.

Complete the steps below to find the length and width of the football field as it appears in one of Lewis’s scale drawings.

Part A
What is the actual area of the football field? Assume that the field is shaped like a rectangle.