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Area of Rectangles using Grid

The document explains the concept of area, specifically focusing on the area of rectangles, which is calculated by multiplying the length by the width. It emphasizes that area is measured in square units, such as square centimeters. Several examples and exercises are provided to practice calculating the area of different rectangles.

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Area of Rectangles using Grid

The document explains the concept of area, specifically focusing on the area of rectangles, which is calculated by multiplying the length by the width. It emphasizes that area is measured in square units, such as square centimeters. Several examples and exercises are provided to practice calculating the area of different rectangles.

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AREA OF

RECTANGLE
S
BY J E A N E T T E R E A M . P E Ñ A LO S A
What is Area?
•Area is the amount of space that is
inside a shape.
•Because it is an amount of space, it
has to be measured in squares.
•If the shape is measured in cm, then
the area would be measured in square
cm or cm2
Area of a Rectangle
•If you are measuring the area of a
rectangle, then the area will equal
the length multiplied by the width.

•Or Area of a rectangle = length x


width.

•We can also write this as or , where


is the area, is the length and is the
width.
•The area of the rectangle below is
5 x 3 = 15 squares.
What is the area of this shape?

The area of a
shape is the
amount of space
inside it.

The area of this shape is 48cm2.


2 18cm2
20cm

What is the length


and width?
30cm2 What is the area of
14cm2 each of these
rectangles?

22cm2
AREA OF RECTANGLES SHEET 1
Direction: To find the area of a rectangle, simply
count the number of cm squares inside the
rectangle. The area of the shape below is 5 x 3 =
15 square cm.
Work out the area of the following
rectangles:
AREA OF RECTANGLES SHEET 2
AREA OF RECTANGLES SHEET 3
AREA OF RECTANGLES SHEET 4

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