Dimitri is planning to build a small table. He wants the tabletop to have a length of 7/8 of a yard and a width of 3/4 of a yard. He creates a model to determine how much wood he will need. Part A

The squares below are divided into different numbers of equal sections.

Which of the three squares can best be used to model the area of the tabletop? Justify your answer.

Part B

What is the area, in square yards, of Dimitri's tabletop?

Part C

Dimitri has a tablecloth that is 5/4 times the area of his tabletop.

Is the area of the tablecloth larger than the area of the tabletop?

Explain how you can find your answer without calculating the area of the tablecloth.