Miniature Golf Course Design

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Oakridge Elementary School is designing a new 9-hole miniature golf course for their school fair. They drew a plan for the course on grid paper, showing the tee area (▲) and hole (●) for each of the 9 holes.

The distance between grid lines is 5 meters, and the center of each tee area and hole is placed either on a grid line or halfway between two grid lines.

The length of a hole is the distance from the center of the tee area to the center of the hole.

The total length of the course is the sum of the lengths of all 9 holes, not including the distances between holes.

Calculate the total length of the miniature golf course the school is planning to build.

⛳ Mini Golf Course 9-Hole School Fair Design Tee Hole 4 grid squares Course Rules: 1 Full Square = 5 meters ½ Half Square = 2.5 meters Tee (▲) to Hole (●) = Length of the hole What is the TOTAL length of all 9 holes? (Add them all together!)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Solution

Let’s calculate the length of each hole by counting the number of grid squares between its tee area and hole. Remember, each full grid square represents 5 meters, and half a square represents 2.5 meters.

Solution: Total Length Multiply squares by 5 meters! Hole 1 3 × 5 15 m Hole 2 2 × 5 10 m Hole 3 4 × 5 20 m Hole 4 2 × 5 10 m Hole 5 5 × 5 25 m Hole 6 1 × 5 5 m Hole 7 5 × 5 25 m Hole 8 2 × 5 10 m Hole 9 3 × 5 15 m Add them all together! 15 + 10 + 20 + 10 + 25 + 5 + 25 + 10 + 15 = 135 meters Total Course Length: 135 m