Measuring Area

Ms. Tomasina wants to cover her bulletin board with plastic. The bulletin board is pictured above on a grid.

Which is the best way to find the area of the bulletin board? 

• Count the number of units around the bulletin board. 

• Count the total number of squares on the bulletin board. 

• Count the units along the length of the bulletin board and double that number. 

• Count the number of squares along the width of the bulletin board and multiply that number times itself. 

What is the area of this figure?

• 40 square units

• 40 units

• 40

Find the AREA of this figure.

• 160 square feet

• 160 feet

• 160

• 1600 feet

^{What is the area?}

• 20 ft²

• 20 yards

• 40 ft²

• 40 yards

What is the total area of the pink model?

• 3

• 4

• 7

• 12

What is the area of the rectangle?

• 15 sq cm

• 15 cm

• 2 

• 16 cm

Find the area.

• 17 cm²

• 40 cm²

• 26 cm²

• 60 cm²

• 32 cm²

Determine the area of the square.

Each side = 7 miles

• 7 square miles

• 49 square miles

• 343 square miles

• 100 square miles

• 28 square miles

Mrs. Ward has a purple rug in her living room. The rug is 4 feet long and 6 feet wide. What is the area of the rug?

• 24 feet²

• 10 feet²

• 20 feet²

• 22 feet²

Mrs. Griffiths is measuring the area of the patio in her backyard. Each stone paver measures one square meter. Help her determine the size of the patio.

• 20 square meters

• 28 square meters

• 18 square meters

• 22 square meters

• 81 square meters