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Rectilinear area lesson

Rectilinear area lesson

Assessment

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Mathematics

3rd Grade

Easy

CCSS
3.MD.C.7D, 3.MD.C.7B, 4.MD.A.3

Standards-aligned

Created by

Jeane Lakin

Used 19+ times

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10 Slides • 6 Questions

1

Target

I can take my area model chopping to the next level.

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2

Poll

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Which type of area model is this?

area model v1.0

area model v2.0

area model v3.0

3

Multiple Choice

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Which equation best matches the area model?

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L x W = Area

2

W x L = Area

3

W + L = Area

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L = length (how long)

W = width (how wide)

L goes first in L x W. If you switch it around, the total area is the same, BUT the area model would rotate (remember that commutative property?).

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Enough warm up. Are you ready to turn up our math a little?

We are going step by step. Stay together. Try not to blink. 😜

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6

Multiple Choice

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What is the total area of this rectangle? It has a length of 12 units and a width of 10 units. You can use your multiplication chart to help you.

1

100 square units

2

120 square units

3

140 square units

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Multiple Choice

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What is the total area of this rectilinear shape?

1

150 square units

2

120 square units

3

140 square units

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Multiple Choice

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But.... what happens when a side is too big for us to solve easily?

1

go ask someone else at your space

2

chop it up into smaller rectangles

3

say "ugh" and give up

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We CHOP it up into not 1..2...3 small rectangles!

  • We have 3 rectangles now

  • A, B, and C

  • Which small rectangle can we solve right away?

  • We have to do some work on the next slide to figure out the other sides.

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10

Hmm... what can we do?

  • We already know rectangle C is 5 x 6 because...

  • But we need to figure out....

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Fancy, fun, easy trick with rectangles!

  • What did you notice?

  • Why does it work?

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12

Next up: rectangle A

  • We already know the width is 8.

  • How can we find the length of rectangle A? It is not 25.. that is the length of A + B.

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Let's start putting this together!

  • A = 10 x 8 = ?

  • B = 5 x 8 = ?

  • C = 5 x 6 = ?

  • If you are zooming, don't say the total area yet! Wait for a few more slides...

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Almost there...!

80 + 40 + 30 = (don't say it yet, wait for the next slide)

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15

Multiple Choice

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The total area of this shape is...

1

80 square units

2

120 square units

3

150 square units

4

170 square units

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Yay!

Now if we have time... try this out in seesaw!

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Target

I can take my area model chopping to the next level.

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