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Measuring Area with Blocks

Use square units with no gaps or overlaps. Read each mini-challenge, then answer in the space provided.

A tidy-up mission

Arjun is making a new label for the art cupboard. She covers each design with equal square tiles.

1.What does area measure?

How much space a flat surface covers
How heavy an object is
How long it takes to move an object

2.The first label is a rectangle covered completely by 4 rows of 3 square tiles. How many square tiles cover it?

3.A second label is 5 tiles long and 2 tiles wide. Choose its area.

7 square tiles
10 square tiles
14 square tiles

4.A label has 15 square tiles arranged in 3 equal rows. How many tiles are in each row?

Design a new label

Use the grid to plan a rectangle for the cupboard. Each cell is one square tile.

5.Use the 4-column, 3-row grid above to draw a rectangle that covers every cell. How many tiles cover your rectangle?

6.Maia measures a book cover as 6 cm long and 4 cm wide. What is its area in square centimetres?

7.True or false? A rectangle that is 4 cm long and 3 cm wide has an area of 7 cm².

TrueFalse

8.A square coaster has sides 4 cm long. Find its area. Show how you worked it out.

9.Two rectangular paper pieces are joined without overlapping. One is 3 tiles by 2 tiles and the other is 3 tiles by 1 tile. What is their total area?

10.Explain why square tiles should touch edge to edge with no gaps or overlaps when measuring area.