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Rectangle Area Grid Measurement

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Rectangle Area Grid Measurement

Rectangle Area Grid Measurement

Grid with rectangles showing area measurement

📐 Part 1: Understanding Area

1. What is area?

The distance around a shape

The amount of flat surface inside a shape

The length of one side of a shape

2. What unit do we use to measure area?

Centimetres

Square centimetres

Metres

3. Complete the sentence:

Area is the amount of _____________ surface enclosed within a _____________.

🔢 Part 2: Counting Rows and Columns

4. A rectangle has 3 rows and 4 columns of squares. What is its area?

Answer: _______ square centimetres

5. A rectangle has 5 rows and 2 columns of squares. What is its area?

Answer: _______ square centimetres

6. Which multiplication sentences give the same answer? (Check all that apply)

3 × 4 and 4 × 3

2 × 5 and 5 × 2

6 × 1 and 1 × 6

3 × 2 and 4 × 1

📏 Part 3: Drawing Rectangles

7. Draw a rectangle that has an area of 8 square centimetres. Use the grid below:

My rectangle has _____ rows and _____ columns.

_____ × _____ = _____ square centimetres

8. Draw a different rectangle that also has an area of 8 square centimetres:

My rectangle has _____ rows and _____ columns.

_____ × _____ = _____ square centimetres

🔤 Part 4: Writing About Area

9. Write the area measurement in words:

A rectangle with 4 rows and 6 columns has an area of:

10. Complete these sentences about a rectangle with an area of 12 square centimetres:

This rectangle could have _____ rows and _____ columns.

Or it could have _____ rows and _____ columns.

Both rectangles have the same area because _____ × _____ = _____ × _____ = 12.

🎯 Part 5: Real Object Measurement

11. If you traced a small book on grid paper and counted the squares, you found it covers 20 squares. Complete the sentence:

The book has an area of _____________ _____________ _____________.

12. Match each rectangle description with its area:
1. 3 rows × 5 columns
2. 4 rows × 4 columns
3. 2 rows × 8 columns
4. 6 rows × 3 columns
A. 16 square centimetres
B. 15 square centimetres
C. 18 square centimetres
D. 16 square centimetres
13. Explain how you can find the area of a rectangle without counting each square one by one:

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