Area: Counting Square Units
Find area by counting equal square units
Area: Counting Square Units
Find area by counting equal square units
Math - Grade 2-3
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A rectangle is covered by 3 rows of square tiles. Each row has 4 tiles. What is the area of the rectangle in square units?
Count by 4s: 4, 8, 12.
The area is 12 square units because 3 rows of 4 tiles make 12 tiles in all. - 2
Count the square units in the shape. The shape has 2 rows of 5 squares. What is its area?
The area is 10 square units because 2 rows of 5 squares make 10 squares in all. - 3
Mia draws a square on grid paper. The square has 4 squares along each side. How many square units are inside the square?
Think about 4 rows with 4 squares in each row.
The area is 16 square units because 4 rows of 4 squares make 16 squares in all. - 4
A garden bed is shown on a grid. It has 6 equal square units total. Write the area of the garden bed.
The area of the garden bed is 6 square units because there are 6 equal squares inside it. - 5
A rug covers 15 square tiles on the floor. What is the area of the rug?
The area is the number of square tiles covered.
The area of the rug is 15 square units because it covers 15 square tiles. - 6
A rectangle has 5 rows of squares and 3 squares in each row. What is the area of the rectangle?
The area is 15 square units because 5 rows of 3 squares make 15 squares in all. - 7
Look at two shapes. Shape A has 8 square units. Shape B has 10 square units. Which shape has the greater area?
Compare the numbers 8 and 10.
Shape B has the greater area because 10 square units is more than 8 square units. - 8
A picture frame is 2 square units tall and 6 square units wide. What is the area inside the frame?
The area inside the frame is 12 square units because 2 rows of 6 squares make 12 squares in all. - 9
A shape is made of 9 equal square units. Another shape is made of 12 equal square units. How many more square units does the second shape have?
Subtract the smaller area from the larger area.
The second shape has 3 more square units because 12 minus 9 equals 3. - 10
Count the full square units in the shaded rectangle. It has 4 rows and 2 columns. What is the area?
The area is 8 square units because 4 rows of 2 squares make 8 squares in all. - 11
Sam covers a tabletop with square sticky notes. He uses 3 rows of sticky notes with 3 sticky notes in each row. What area does he cover?
Each sticky note counts as 1 square unit.
Sam covers 9 square units because 3 rows of 3 sticky notes make 9 sticky notes in all. - 12
A hallway floor has a tiled section with 7 square tiles. What is the area of the tiled section?
The area of the tiled section is 7 square units because there are 7 square tiles. - 13
A rectangle has an area of 18 square units. It has 3 rows of equal squares. How many squares are in each row?
Count by 3s or think of 3 times what number equals 18.
There are 6 squares in each row because 18 square units split into 3 equal rows gives 6 squares in each row. - 14
Nora colors a shape on grid paper. She colors 5 squares in the top row and 5 squares in the bottom row. What is the area of the colored shape?
The area of the colored shape is 10 square units because 5 plus 5 equals 10. - 15
Draw or imagine a shape with an area of 8 square units. Explain how you know its area is 8 square units.
You can make 2 rows of 4 squares or 1 row of 8 squares.
One possible answer is a rectangle with 2 rows of 4 squares. Its area is 8 square units because it has 8 equal squares inside it.