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Measuring Area with Squares
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Measuring Area with Squares
📐 Part 1: Understanding Area
1. What does area mean?
How long something is
How much surface a shape covers
How heavy something is
How tall something is
2. To measure area accurately, we need to:
Use squares of the same size
Cover the shape with no gaps
Cover the shape with no overlaps
Count all the squares
3. Look at this rectangle made of squares: ■■■■■■ (2 rows, 3 columns)
What is the area?
What is the area?
5 square units
6 square units
10 square units
12 square units
🔢 Part 2: Estimating and Measuring
4. Before measuring, estimate how many squares you think will cover a shape that is about the size of your hand.
My estimate: _______ square units
5. Count the squares in this L-shaped figure:
■■■
■
■
What is the area?
■■■
■
■
What is the area?
Area = _______ square units
6. A rectangle has 4 rows and 5 columns of squares. Without drawing it, calculate the area.
Area = _______ square units
7. Explain why we use squares of the same size to measure area.
🎯 Part 3: Problem Solving
8. Sarah covers a shape with 12 squares but leaves gaps between them. Tom covers the same shape with 10 squares with no gaps. Who measured the area correctly and why?
9. Extension Challenge: A garden bed is 6 metres long and 4 metres wide. If each square metre is one unit, what is the area of the garden bed?
Area = _______ square metres
10. Draw your own shape on the grid below and find its area by counting squares.
My shape has an area of _______ square units
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