Counting Area Using Square Units

Which is a way to find area?

• Counting the square units inside a shape

• Counting the square units around the outside of a shape

What is the total area of the pink model?

• 3 units squared

• 4 units squared

• 7 units squared

• 12 units squared

What is the area of the rectangle?

• 15 square centimetres

• 18 square centimetres

• 21 square centimetres

• 22 square centimetres

Matthew built a rectangular garden to grow food for his family. His garden was 3 feet wide by 7 feet long. What was the area of his garden?

• 21 feet ²

• 22 feet ²

• 15 feet ²

• 18 feet ²

• 11 square units

• 12 square units

• 13 square units

• 10 square units

What is the area of the figure?

• 25 square cm

• 15 square cm

• 55 square cm

• 20 square cm

What is the area of the shaded figure?

• 4 square units 

• 6 square units 

• 10 square units 

• 2 square units 

• 9 square units

• 7 square units

• 6 square units

• 10 square units

What is the area of the shape below in square units? (remember how we do this...we can count the squares, and each square is 1 square unit.)

• 20 square units

• 8 square units

• 9 square units

• 12 square units

What is the area?

• 9 square units

• 5 square units

• 10 square units

• 6 square units