Area of Rectangles with Fractional Side Length

How would you find the AREA of a RECTANGLE?

• 1/2 (Length x Width)

• Length x Width

• Length x Length

• Width x Width

What is the area of the following rectangle?

Ma Kyiah colored this part of her wall light blue. How much did she color?

• 2/3 X 4 square units

• 12/2 square units

• 4 divided by 2/3 square units

• 8 square units

What other expressions represent the shaded region?

• 3/4 X 5

• 15/4

• 3/20

• 3 3/4

What are some other expressions for the area?

• 4 divided by 14/3

• 2/3 X 4

• 56/3

• 18 2/3

Where do you see the expression of the diagram?

• There are 2/4 X 9 rows of shaded area.

• 2 X 9 =18. 18 X 4= 72/4

• The squares are each divided in fourths. Each row has 9 shaded fourths. There are two rows of these shaded fourths.

• This is incorrect. There are 2 rows, but there are 9/3 shaded.

Hmmm... are there other expressions for the part she colored?

• 12/2

• 4 X 2/3

• 2 2/3

• 8/3

What is the area of the rectangle?