Finding the Area of a Rectangle with Fractional Sides

What is the area of a rectangle with the dimensions 4 1/6 and 5

• 20 5/6

• 20 1/6

• 21

• 21 5/6

What is the area of a rectangle with the dimensions 4 1/5 by 5

• 20 1/9

• 22

• 21

• 19 2/8

What is the area of a rectangle with the dimensions 1 7/10 and 9

• 15 4/10

• 11 1/5

• 9 7/10

• 12

What other expressions represent the shaded region?

• 3/4 X 5

• 15/4

• 3/20

• 3 3/4

What are some other expressions for the area?

• 4 divided by 14/3

• 2/3 X 4

• 56/3

• 18 2/3

Where do you see the expression of the diagram?

• There are 2/4 X 9 rows of shaded area.

• 2 X 9 =18. 18 X 4= 72/4

• The squares are each divided in fourths. Each row has 9 shaded fourths. There are two rows of these shaded fourths.

• This is incorrect. There are 2 rows, but there are 9/3 shaded.

Ma Kyiah colored this part of her wall light blue. How much did she color?

• 2/3 X 4 square units

• 12/2 square units

• 4 divided by 2/3 square units

• 8 square units

What are some other expressions for the shaded region?

• 15/4 X 3

• 45 divided by 4

• 11 1/4

• 48 divided by 3

• 2/3 x 3/5 = 6/15 = 2/4 square yards
• 2/5 x 3/3 = 6/15 = 2/5 square yards
• 2/3 x 3/5 = 6/15 = 2/5 square yards

What is the area of a rectangle who's length is 7 in and width is 3 1/3 in?

• 21 1/3 in squared

• 22 1/3 in squared

• 23 1/3 in squared

• 23 in squared