Count the Square Area

Jane was trying to draw the area of her desk. What is the area of the figure?

• 19 square units

• 12 square units

• 6 square units

• 10 square units

What is the area of BOTH SHADED figures?

• 30 square units

• 25 square units

• 80 square units

• 31 square units

Daphne bought a new rug for her living room. What is the area of the rug?

• 30 square units

• 25 square units

• 15 square units

• 26 square units

What is the area of the SHADED figure? (Hint: count the colored squares only!)

• 18 square units

• 30 square units

• 16 square units

• 12 square units

What is the area of the UNSHADED figure? (Hint: the prefix -un means NOT).

• 12 square units

• 16 square units

• 4 square units

• 8 square units

What is the area of the UNSHADED figure? (Hint: the prefix -un means NOT).

• 14 square units

• 20 square units

• 6 square units

• 8 square units

What is the area of the rectangle?

• 15 sq cm

• 15 cm

• 2 

• 16 cm

What is the area of this rectangle?

• 40 square centimeters

• 28 centimeters

• 16 square centimeters

• 100 square centimeters

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 a square with a length of 4 cm?

• 16 cm

• 16 square cm

• 8 cm

• 8 square cm