Area using distributive property

Today's Lesson:

Sue divided the area model as shown. What is the total area of the model?

• 4 square units

• 5 square units

• 6 square units

• 10 square units

Which expression would show the area of this rectangle?

• (2 x 4) + (2 x 2)

• (6 x 2) + (2 x 2)

• (6 x 6) + (2 x 2)

• (4 x 4) + (2 x 2)

Which expression would show the area of this rectangle?

• (6 x 3) + (6 x 3)

• (3 x 2) + (3 x 4)

• (3 x 3) + (3 x 4)

• (4 x 4) + (4 x 4)

Which expression would show the area of this rectangle?

• (4 x 5) + (3 x 4)

• (4 x 2) + (4 x 3)

• (4 x 2) + (4 x 2)

• (6 x 5) + (4 x 4)

Which expression could be used to find the area of this rectangle?

• (6 x 7) + (7 x 7)

• (6 x 13) + (6 x 6)

• (6 x 6) + (6 x 6)

• (6 x 6) + (6 x 7)

Which expression could be used to find the area of this rectangle?

• (4 x 5) + (4 x 3)

• (4 x 5) + (4 x 5)

• (5 x 3) + (4 x 4)

• (6 x 6) + (7 x 6)

A rectangle is tiled using unit squares as shown. Which two expressions can be used to represent the area of the rectangle?

• (5 x 4) + (5 x 3)

• (4 x 5) + (4 x 3)

• (5 x 8)

• (4 x 9)

• (4 x 8)

Use the Distributive Property to find the area of the rectangle.

6x7 = (6x5) + (6x2)

=___ square units

Which area model shows this equation?

5 x (2 +3) = (5 x 2) + (5 x 3)

• 
• 
• 
• 

Review: Ruth drew the rectangle shown. Which expression has a value equal to the area of Ruth’s rectangle?

• 3 + 6

• 3 + 6 + 3 + 6

• 3 × 6

• (3 × 6) + (3 × 6)