Finding Area by Counting Square Units

Which square—large, medium, or small—covers more of the plane? Explain your reasoning.

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Draw three different quadrilaterals, each with an area of 12 square units.

Here are two copies of the same figure. Show two different ways for finding the area of the shaded region. All angles are right angles.

What is the area of the shaded shape? Each square in the grid has an area of 1 $cm^2$ .

• 10 $cm^2$

• 11 $cm^2$

• 12 $cm^2$

• 16 $cm^2$

What is the area of the shaded shape? Each square in the grid has an area of 1 $cm^2$ .

• 11 $cm^2$

• 8 $cm^2$

• 6 $cm^2$

• 7 $cm^2$

What is the area of the shaded shape? Each square in the grid has an area of 1 $cm^2$ .

• 9 $cm^2$

• 11 $cm^2$

• 11 $cm^2$

• 10 $cm^2$

What is the area of the shaded shape? Each square in the grid has an area of 1 $cm^2$ .

• 10 $cm^2$

• 12 $cm^2$

• 13 $cm^2$

• 14 $cm^2$

What is the area of the shaded shape? Each square in the grid has an area of 1 $cm^2$ .

• 12 $cm^2$

• 9 $cm^2$

• 15 $cm^2$

• 11 $cm^2$

What is the area of the shaded shape? Each square in the grid has an area of 1 $cm^2$ .

• 11 $cm^2$

• 9 $cm^2$

• 15 $cm^2$

• 14 $cm^2$

What is the area of the shaded shape? Each square in the grid has an area of 1cm².

• 10  $cm^2$  

• 20  $cm^2$  

• 12 $cm^2$  

• 15  $cm^2$