Basic Area
How can you find the area of a rectangle?
1. Counting unit squares
2. Tiling
3. Multiplying length x width
The office has a length of 9 feet and a width of 6 feet. What is the area of the office?
54 sq. ft.
The bathroom had a length of 8 feet and a width of 6 feet. What is the area of the bathroom?
48 square feet
True or False: Placing unit squares on a figure with gaps is called tiling.
FALSE - no gaps allowed
What do you know about the sides of a square?
All sides are equal!
The cafeteria measures 4 yards by 6 yards. What is the area of the cafeteria?
24 sq. yards
The soccer field has a length of 4 meters and a width of 9 meters. What is the area of the whole soccer field?
36 square meters.
True or False: Area is measured in square units.
TRUE
Find the area of a rectangle that has:
Length: 7ft
Width: 4ft
42ft2
Ian needs a rug to cover 27 square feet. What could be the length and the width of the rug?
3 feet and 9 feet
Candice wants to put a pool in her backyard. She wants the pool to be 42 square meters. What could be the length and the width of the pool?
7 meters and 6 meters
What is the area of a square whose side length is 4cm?
16 sq. cm
What label do you use when you are not given a measurement?
Chloee had a garden that was 6 feet long and 5 feet wide. What is the area of her garden?
30 sq. ft.
Brandon uses a rag to wash his car. The area of the rag is 40 square inches. What could be the length and width of the rag? Choose all that apply.
A. 5 inches by 8 inches
B. 10 inches by 10 inches
C. 9 inches by 2 inches
D. 20 inches by 2 inches
What is the area of a rectangle with a length of 12 units and a width of 3 units?
36 sq. units
If you are tiling a space, in order to find the area, you cannot have GAPS or _____.
OVERLAPS!
Elsa's yard measures 8 meters by 5 meters. They build a swimming pool in the middle of the yard that measures 4 meters by 3 meters. What is the area of the yard that surrounds the pool?
28 sq. m
Celine cut three rectangles from wood for a birdhouse. How do their areas compare? *Hint find the area of each rectangle to help*
Rectangle 1 - Length = 4ft Width = 4ft
Rectangle 2 - Length = 2ft Width = 8ft
Rectangle 3 - Length = 1ft Width = 16ft
Their areas are all the same = 16 sq. ft
72 sq. ft