Counting squares to find area

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What is area?

Back

The amount of space inside a shape.

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How do you find the area of a rectangle?

Back

Multiply the number of rows by the number of columns.

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If a rectangle has 4 rows and 5 columns, what is its area?

Back

20 square units (4 × 5 = 20).

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What is the area of a square with sides of 3 units?

Back

9 square units (3 × 3 = 9).

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What does it mean if a shape has an area of 12 square units?

Back

It means the shape covers 12 unit squares.

Front

How many square units are in a rectangle that is 6 units long and 2 units wide?

Back

12 square units (6 × 2 = 12).

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What is the area of a shape with 10 unit squares?

Back

10 square units.

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If a shape has an area of 30 square units, how many unit squares does it cover?

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30 unit squares.

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What is the area of a rectangle with a length of 7 units and a width of 4 units?

Back

28 square units (7 × 4 = 28).

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If you have a grid of 5 rows and 5 columns, what is the area?

Back

25 square units (5 × 5 = 25).