Area

Learning Target

- We will measure the area of the rectangles

using models of square units.

way #1:

way #2:

way #3:

way #4:

way #1:

way #2:

way #3:

way #4:

Make an area of 8 square units

4 different ways:

Make an area of 12 square units

4 different ways:
Use the

paint can

tool to

make your
new area

shapes.

What is the area of this shape?

______ square cm.

What is the area of this shape?

______ square cm.

What is the area of this shape?

______ square cm.

What is the area of this shape?

______ square cm.

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What is the area of this shape?

______ square cm.

What is the area of this shape?

______ square cm.

What is the area of this shape?

______ square cm.

What is the area of this shape?

______ square cm.

If I DOUBLED the area of the yellow shape,
what would the total area be?

____________ square cm.

If I added 28 more square units to the
green shape, what would the total area be?

________________ square cm.

Mrs. Bond was also making a quilt to give to Mrs. Hobby since she was going to have a baby. She

decided that the baby quilt had to use 18 square units of fabric that were sewn together. The

square units of fabric MUST be in equal rows and equal columns to fit the baby.

Draw below what the area of Mrs. Hobby’s baby blanket could have been: