Area and Perimeter

FINDING AREA IN SQUARE UNITS

Look at the picture. Each side of the square is 1 unit long. The amount of space taken up by this square is 1 square unit.

The amount of space taken up by this figure is 8 square units. We can also say that the figure has an area of 8 square units.

Rita cut out some identical squares from a piece of paper to form Figure X as shown on the screen.

Find the area of Figure X.

Look at the square. All of its sides are 1 cm long.

The area of this square is 1 square centimeter or 1 cm².

The square centimeter (cm²) is a standard unit of measurement for area.

Ari forms a figure using nine 1-cm squares as shown.

Find the area.

Can you find the area of the figure?

Find the area of this figure.

Tom used some tape to mark out a square of sides 1 m on the floor.

This is a 1-m square. Its area is 1 square meter or 1 m².

The square meter (m²) is another standard unit of measurement for area.

Look at the figure. Find the area of this figure.

The distance that have traced is the perimeter of the rectangle.

The perimeter of a figure is the total distance around all the sides of the figure.

Find the perimeter of this figure.

What is the perimeter of the figure?

Find the area and perimeter of this figure.

Find the area and perimeter of this figure.

Find the area and perimeter of this figure.