Area of Rectangles
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Mathematics
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3rd - 5th Grade
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Jacob Hamrick
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Area of Rectangles
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What is Area?
- Area is the amount of space taken up by a two-dimensional shape.
- You can measure the area of a shape by counting how many unit squares fit within it.
- A unit square has an area of one square unit.
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Multiple Choice
What is the area of this rectangle?
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Why is the area 15?
- This rectangle is covered by 15 unit squares.
- So, the area of the rectangle is 15 square units
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Finding Area by Multiplying
- You can also find the area of a rectangle by multiplying.
- Each row has 5 unit squares. There are 3 rows of unit squares.
- You can multiply the Length and the Width to find the area.
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Multiple Choice
Which equation will help you find the area?
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Area Formula
Length: How long an object is.
Width: The measurement of the side of an object that is normally the shorter side.
If you have the width and the length of a rectangle you can multiply them to get the area
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Multiple Choice
Find the area of the rectangle.
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How to find the area
- Multiply the length by the width.
- The length is 7 and the width is 6.
- So, 7 x 6 = 42
- Your area is 42 square units
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