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 15 oranges 16 oranges

Dining table 1 Dining table 2

Which dining table has the

largest surface?
 Clara’s book Jessie’s book

7 cm 4 cm

Jessie and 2 cm
3 cm
Clara
decided to 24 erasers 32 erasers

compare the
size of their Jessie, my
book is
No Clara. My
book is larger than
books’ larger than
yours.
yours. Because I
use 32 erasers to
surfaces. fill up the surface
of my book.

Clara Jessie

How we can solve this problem?

 Clara’s book Jessie’s book

7 cm 7 cm

Jessie and
3 cm 3 cm
Clara
decided to 24 erasers 16 erasers

compare the
size of their
books’
surfaces.
How we can solve this problem?
Use similar erasers
The size of surface is called area.
MEASURING THE AREA OF REGULAR SURFACES
EXAMPLE 1

1 cm 1 2 3

1 cm
4 5 6
1 cm x 1 cm
paper square
7 8 9
Unit: cm2
Area of the rectangular
10 11 12 12 cm2
MEASURING THE AREA OF REGULAR SURFACES
EXAMPLE 2

1 2 3 4

1 cm
5 6 7 8
1 cm x 1 cm
paper square
Unit: cm 2 9 10 11 12
Area of the square
16 cm2
13 14 15 16
MEASURING THE AREA OF REGULAR SURFACES

EXAMPLE 3

1 cm 1 2 3 4
1 cm x 1 cm
paper square
Area of the rectangle
Unit: cm 2
4 cm2
 METHODS OF MEASURING AREA
OF REGULAR SURFACES
Method 1: 1 cm x 1 cm paper
square Method 2: Graph paper

1 2 1 2
1 cm

1 cm 3 4 3 4

Unit: cm 2
5 6 Unit: cm2
5 6

Area = 8 cm2 7 8 7 8 Area = 8 cm2

ANSWERS
QUESTION 1

1 2 3 Area of the rectangle

6 cm2

4 5 6
QUESTION 2

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 Area of the rectangle

16 cm2

9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16
QUESTION 3

Area of the rectangle

1 2 3 4 5 5 cm2
QUESTION 4
1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12
Area of the rectangle
13 14 15 16 17 18
30 cm2

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