Area: Counting/Adding

Area & Perimeter

Area and Perimeter are different!

Area & Perimeter

The amount of space a shape takes up

Multiple Choice

What is the area of this shape?

• 9 square units

• 7 square units

• 6 square units

• 10 square units

What is Area?

-Remember: Area is the amount of space taken up by a shape.

- You can measure the area of a shape by counting how many unit squares fit within it.

- A unit square has an area of one square unit.

When do we solve for area?

When we want to know how much space a shape takes up.

Multiple Choice

What is the area of this rectangle?

• 12

• 10

• 15

• 14

Why is the area 15?

- This rectangle is covered by 15 unit squares.

- So, the area of the rectangle is 15 square units

Multiple Select

What addition equations match the area of this rectangle?

• 5 + 5 + 5 = 15

• 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 15

• 5 + 10 + 15 = 15

• 5 + 10 + 15 = 30

Multiple Choice

What is the area of this shape?

• 10 square units

• 10 units

• 12 square units

• 12 units

Multiple Select

What addition equations match the area of this rectangle?

• 4 + 4 + 4 = 12

• 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 12

• 4 + 8 + 12 = 12

• 3 + 6 + 9 + 12 = 12

• 4 + 8 + 12 = 24

Multiple Choice

What is the area of this shape?

• 36

• 36 square units

• 32

• 32 square units

Multiple Choice

4. What is the area of the shaded portion?

• 10 square units

• 13 square units

• 30 square units

• 20 square units

Multiple Choice

What is the total area of the pink model?

• 3 units squared

• 4 units squared

• 7 units squared

• 12 units squared

Multiple Choice

Which shape has an area of 18?

Multiple Choice

An artist paints a rectangular board using gray paint. Each square is 1 square foot. What is the area of the rectangle that the artist has painted gray?

• 16 square units

• 20 square units

• 4 square units

• 5 square units

Multiple Choice

Marcia decided to tile her kitchen floor. What is the area of Marcia's kitchen floor?

• 5 units

• 20 units²

• 15 units²

• 10 units

Multiple Choice

Area is measured in square units.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

How do you find the area of a shape?

• Counting the square tiles on the outside of a figure.

• Counting the square tiles on the inside of a figure.