Measuring the Area of a Plane Figure on a Grid

This lesson teaches how to find the area of different figures drawn on grids by counting unit squares. Each figure, despite its shape, has an area of 17 square inches. The lesson emphasizes that different shapes can have the same area, illustrating that area measures the space a shape occupies. The video concludes with a summary of measuring area using unit squares.

Explain why different shapes can have the same area.

What did you learn about measuring area in this lesson?