Finding the Area with Square Tiles

The _________ of a figure is the amount of surface covered by the figure. You can find it by counting the number of units that cover the figure with no overlaps or gaps.

• perimeter

• area

• length

• weight

How do we measure area?

• tiles

• liters

• square units

• seconds

A __________ has side lengths of 1 unit.

• centimeter

• unit square

• inch

• tile

A strategy of laying tiles next to each other without gaps or overlaps to find the area of a shape is:

• distributive property

• tiling

• perimeter

• subtraction

Ms. Thomas students find the area of a rectangle using square unit tiles as shown. Which student is correct? ​

• Student A

• Student B

• Student C

• Student D

An artist paints a rectangular board using gray paint. Each square is 1 square foot. What is the area of the rectangle that the artist has painted gray?

• 16

• 20

• 4

• 5

What is the area of the figure shown? Each unit square is 1 square unit.

• 14 square units

• 13 square units

• 12 square units

• 20 square units

Find the area of the shape below.

Find the area of the shape below.

Find the area of the shape below.