Area Formula: Squares/Rectangles

What does area mean?

• Area is the measurement of the outside border of a shape.

• Area is the amount of space a two-dimensional object takes. 

What does A, L and W stand for?

• Ain't Life Wonderful 

• Area = Length  Width 

• Awesome = Lunch x  Watermelon 

Writing cm² is just a short way of writing

• cm 

• cm + cm

• cm x cm

Whenever a measurement is "squared" it means we are measuring....

• area

• perimeter

• circumference

What is the area of this rectangle?

(Remember, it is 4 cm wide and 2 cm long).

• 6 cm²

• 4 cm²

• 8 cm²