Finding the Area with Square Tiles

What is the area of this shape?

• 12 square units

• 10 square units

• 16 square units

• 4 square units

• 6 x 6 = 36 square feet

• 6 + 6 = 12 square feet

• 6 x 4 = 24 square feet

• 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 = 24 square feet

This picture shows Mr. Hill’s bathroom floor covered with black tiles and white tiles. Each tile is 1 square foot. If Mr. Hill counts all the square tiles, which measurement attribute would he be finding?

• length

• width

• perimeter

• area

Half of the rectangle has been tiled with unit squares. What is the total area of the large rectangle?

• 12 sq. in.

• 32 sq. in.

• 27 sq. in.

• 16 sq. in.

A builder is using square tiles to make a design. The design will have an area of 75 square inches. Each tile is the same size. One of the square tiles and its measurement is shown.

Which of these statements about the square tiles are true?

Select the two correct answers.

• The area of each square tile is 20 sq. in.

• The area of each square tile is 25 sq. in.

• The length of each square tile is 10 sq. in.

• The builder will need 3 of the square tiles to make the design without gaps or overlaps.

• The builder will need 4 of the square tiles to make the design without gaps or overlaps.

The figure shown is tiled with squares. What is the area, in square centimeters, of the figure? Enter the number in the box.

Taylor used 1-square-inch pieces to complete a puzzle, as shown.

What is the area, in square inches, of Taylor’s puzzle?

Aly tiled this figure with same-sized unit squares.

What is the area of the figure in square units?

How much more area does space A have than space B?

• 5 sq. ft.

• 25 sq. ft.

• 30 sq. ft.

• 60 sq. ft.

What is the area?

• 11 square units

• 5 square units

• 10 square units

• 2 square units