Lesson 6-2

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Review
You can find the area of a rectangular
figure by tiling it and counting the
unit tiles.
The rectangle can be covered with
12 unit squares. The area of the rectangle is
12 square units.

What is the area of each figure?

1. ______ square units 2. ______ square units

3. ______ square units 4. ______ square units

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5. What is the area of the figure
on the grid?

The area is ______ square ______.

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6. Julius is putting floor tiles in a dining room. Each tile is 1 foot
by 1 foot. What is the area of the dining room?

a. Label the length and width of the dining room.

b. Count the tiles to find the area of the dining

room.

7. Lynette has a canvas in the shape of a rectangle. The area

of the canvas is 40 square inches.

Which of these could be the side lengths of the canvas?

6 in. by 8 in.    10 in. by 4 in.    8 in. by 5 in.

Show your work and explain your answer.
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Math Give your child some grid paper. Then have your child draw figures on the
grid. Next have him or her count the squares in the figure to determine the
@ Home area of the figure in square units.
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