Math Drills
Area of Rectangles and Squares
B-2Word Problems
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- Topic
- Area
- Worksheet
- Area of Rectangles and Squares
Multiplying height by width to say how much ground a figure covers is the procedure built here. Area (cm², m²) and Large Areas (m², km²) set up an expression from a drawing carrying its measurements and answer it, while Area of a Square and Area of a Rectangle are word problems worked from figures inside a scene.
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The drawings carry labels in two places. Answers appear where only the width label was read, the same figure multiplied by itself, and the shape treated as a square. Checking that the two figures standing in the expression box each match one of the two labels on the drawing finds the misreading.
Saying how much ground a figure covers by calculation rather than by counting squares starts with this lesson. In Side Lengths and Perimeter the same formula is used in the other direction, tracing back from an area to a side.
- Area of a Square3 questions
- Area of a Rectangle3 questions
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Problems and answers on this worksheet
These are the problems in “Area”, shown with their answers.
(1)A section of the school grounds is a square with 1 side of length 50m. Find the area. Answer □
Answer: 2500m²
(2)The open space at the park is a square with 1 side of length 20m. Find the area. Answer □
Answer: 400m²
(3)Hannah folded 1 square origami sheet with each side 1cm. Find its area. Answer □
Answer: 1cm²
(4)There is a rectangular postcard that is 6cm tall and 8cm wide. Find its area. Answer □
Answer: 48cm²
(5)The school playground is a rectangle that is 60m long and 80m wide. Find its area. Answer □
Answer: 4800m²
(6)The grassland on a ranch is a rectangle that is 50m long and 60m wide. Find its area. Answer □
Answer: 3000m²
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