Math Camp Day 1

Area

The amount of units it takes to fill the INSIDE of an object. ​

Length X Width = Area​

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-Multiply the sides​

​-Count the squares

-Use your graph paper!​

AREA

The ​measurement of space INSIDE an object!

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Multiple Choice

How do you find the area of a rectangle?

• Length + Length + Length + Length
• Length + Width
• Length x Width
• Width x Width

-Count the COLUMN

-Count the ROW

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Multiply the length and the width...

What is the AREA?​

Let's Try an Example...

Open Ended

If I want to find the AREA of a rectangle, what do I do? Type your answer below...

-Count the units in the row

​-Count the units in the column

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What ways can we solve multiplication?​

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Area is multiplying the LENGTH of the rectangle times the WIDTH!​

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Multiple Choice

4 x 4

• 8
• 0
• 4
• 16

Multiple Choice

8 x 2

• 10
• 6
• 16
• 24

Remember...

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LENGTH x WIDTH = AREA​

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-Count the units in the row

-Count the units in the column

-MULTIPLY to find the AREA!​

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Let's Practice Finding the Area!

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Multiple Choice

What is the area of the rectangle?

• 42 square cm
• 40 square cm
• 40 cm
• 42 cm

Multiple Choice

Find the area of the rectangle.

• 8 square units
• 9 square units
• 10 square units
• 12 square units

Multiple Choice

What is the area?

• 3 sq units
• 6 sq units
• 12 sq units
• 9 sq units

Multiple Choice

Find the area of the shaded part.

• 8 square units

• 18 square units

• 9 square units

• 81 square units

Multiple Choice

What is the area represented by this model?

• 8 square units

• 15 square units

• 12 square units

• 16 square units