Real World Use
Area is...
What is the amount of space that a 2-D shape takes up.
Length = 5 inches and Width = 5 inches. Area is: __________.
What is 25 inches squared.
The area of the shape your teacher is holding up: _________.
What is 48 ft squared.
If the width is 5 feet and the area is 30 feet squared, find the length of this shape.
What is 6 feet?
Find the area of a shape that has a height of 6 ft and a width of 6ft.
What is 36 ft2?
One way to measure area is...
What is...
1. Count the number of square unit tiles in the entire shape.
2. Repeated addition of rows or columns
The area of a shape that measures 7 feet by 4 feet.
What is 28 ft. squared. OR 28 ft.2 ?
The area of the shape your teacher is holding up: __________.
What is 90 feet squared OR 90 ft2 ?
If a shape has a side length of 7 feet and the area is 49 ft2, find the width.
What is 7 feet?
Find the area of a square with a side length of 8 feet.
What is 64 ft2?
To tile a floor, I would measure...
What is area
The area of a shape that measures 6 feet by 4 feet.
What is 24 feet squared OR 24 ft2 ?
The area of the shape your teacher is holding up: __________.
What is 49 feet squared OR 49 ft2 ?
If the width of a square is 8 inches, find the length.
What is 8 inches?
Mrs. Bryant needs to get a new washer. However, she has to make sure the washer will fit in her laundry room. If the area of her laundry room is 100 in2, will a washer that measures 10 inches (WIDTH) by 15 inches (LENGTH) fit in the room?
Explain!
What is:
"No. The washer has an area of 150 in squared, which is larger than the area of her laundry room!"
Mr. Cantrell wants to buy carpet for his new tree house. He will use __________ (area OR perimeter) to find how much carpet he needs to buy.
What is area?
Length is 5 yards and the width is 6 yards. Area is _____.
What is 30 yards squared OR 30 yds2 ?
The area of a square with a side length of 9 inches.
What is 81 inches squared OR 81 in.2 ?
If the area of a shape is 72 ft2 and the length is 12 feet, find the width of the shape.
What is 6 feet?
Ms. Zhang wants to build a tree house for her students. She plans to make it 10 feet in width and 9 feet in height. What will be the area of the tree house?
What is 90 ft2?
This is the side that measures how long something is!
What is length?
Area of rectangle that measures 10 cm by 6 cm.
What is 60 cm2 ?
The area of of a rectangle that's 8 inches by 9 inches.
What is 72 inches squared OR 72 in.2 ?
If the area of a square is 144 in2, find the width.
What is 12 inches?
Mrs. Jones wants to add an indoor pool to the school. If the school already measures 2000 ft2, what will be the new area of the school if the indoor pool measures 12 feet in width and 12 feet in length?
What is 2144 ft.2?
The indoor pool measures 144 ft2 (12 x 12 = 144). Add the area of the pool to the current area of the school: 144 ft2 + 2000 ft2 = 2144 ft2.