Squares and Rectangles Area Problems with Missing Length

Harriet wants to know the area of the pink part of this design. Explain how to break this problem into simpler problems.

• The larger rectangle is made of both the pink and white areas.

  The pink area is the area of the larger rectangle minus the area of the white area.

• The larger rectangle is made of both the white and white areas.

  The white area is the area of the larger rectangle minus the area of the pink area.

• The larger rectangle is made of both the white and white areas.

  The pink area is the area of the larger rectangle minus the area of the white area.

• The larger rectangle is made of both the pink and white areas.

  The pink area is the area of the larger rectangle minus the area of the pink area.

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CCSS.3.MD.C.7D

Which equations help you find the area of the rectangles in the design.

• Smaller rectangle: 2 x 5

  Larger rectangle: 7 x 5

• Smaller rectangle: 7 x 5

  Larger rectangle: 2 x 2

• Smaller rectangle: 2 x 2

  Larger rectangle: 7 x 5

• Smaller rectangle: 2 x 7

  Larger rectangle: 2 x 5

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CCSS.3.MD.C.7B

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What is the area of the pink part of the design?

• The area of the pink part of the design is 30 square feet.

• The area of the pink part of the design is 34 square feet.

• The area of the pink part of the design is 39 square feet.

• The area of the pink part of the design is 31 square feet.

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CCSS.3.MD.C.7D

Megan says that the figure below has an area of 5 square feet. Is she right?

• No. There are gaps if Megan uses 5 squares. The correct square unit is meters.

• No. There are gaps if Megan uses 5 squares. The correct square unit is feet.

• No. There are gaps if Megan uses 5 squares. The correct square unit is centimeters.

• No. There are gaps if Megan uses 5 squares. The correct square unit is inches.

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CCSS.3.MD.C.6

Bianca has a square. She knows a side length is 4 ft. What is the area of her square?

• 16 square feet

• 12 square feet

• 8 square feet

• 20 square feet

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CCSS.3.MD.C.7B

CCSS.4.MD.A.3

Danisha drew this rectangle with an area of 56 square feet. She labeled one side as 8 feet, but she forgot to label the other one. What should she label the unknown side?

• 6 feet

• 7 feet

• 8 feet

• 7 square feet

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CCSS.3.MD.C.7B

CCSS.4.MD.A.3

Use the distributive property to write the equation that represents the picture.

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CCSS.3.MD.C.7D

Find the area.

• 24 square inches

• 46 square inches

• 28 square inches

• 49 square inches

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CCSS.3.MD.C.7D

John draws this rectangle. Which explanations are correct to find the area?

• John should add 5 + 4. His area is 9 in.

• John can draw in 5 rows and 4 columns. He can count all the squares. His area is 20 square inches.

• John can break the shape into 2 parts. He can do (3x2) + (4x2) and find the area of 14 square in.

• John can do 5 x 4 because a rectangle is an array. He can multiply length times width because it is another way to say rows times columns. His area is 20 square inches.

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CCSS.3.MD.C.6

Tony has a square garden. One of the sides is 7 yards long. What is the area of his garden?

• 14 square yds

• 28 square yds

• 49 square yds

• I don't have enough information to find the area of this shape.

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CCSS.3.MD.C.7B

CCSS.4.MD.A.3