Finding the Area of a Rectangle with Fractional Sides

What is the area of the following rectangle?

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.4B

Carolina planted seeds in a box that measured 7/8 meter long and  3/5 meter wide. What is the area of the garden box?

• 10/13 square meter

• 24/35 square meter

• 21/40 square meter

• 34/50 square meter

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.4B

• A

• B

• C

• D

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.4B

What would the area be of a rectangle with a length of 5 1/2 and a width of 1/4?

• 5 1/8

• 1 3/8

• 1 /34

• 5 3/4

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.4B

What is the area of a rectangle that is 2 3/4 feet by 8 feet?

• 20 square feet

• 22 feet

• 22 square feet

• 20 feet

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.4B

What would the area be of a rectangle with a length of 2 1/2 and a width of 1 1/2?

• 2 1/4

• 4

• 3

• 3 3/4

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.4B

• A
• B
• C
• D

Tags

CCSS.3.MD.C.6

Jasmine's garden plot is in the picture shown. She needs to know the area of her rectangular garden plot to plan which seeds to plant. Find the area of the rectangular garden plot. HINT: Area equals length times width.

Answer explanation

To find the area of Jasmine's rectangular garden plot, multiply the length by the width. The correct calculation gives an area of \(\frac{9}{32}ft^2\), which matches the first answer choice.

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.4B

Jake is making a rectangular frame for a picture.

The length of the frame is ⅔  ft

The width of the frame is ¾  ft

What is the area of the frame?

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.4B

• A
• B
• C

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CCSS.5.NF.B.4B