Area with Fractional Side Lengths
Explore calculating the area of rectangles with fractional side lengths using visual models and multiplication.
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Area with Fractional Side Lengths
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Read each question carefully and show your work. Use the diagrams to help you visualize the problems.
1. What is the area of a rectangle with a length of 3 units and a width of 2 units? Draw a diagram to show your answer.
2. A unit square has an area of 1 square unit. If we divide one side into 2 equal parts, each part is a fraction of the side, which is .
3. If we divide one side into 3 equal parts, each part is of the side.
4. Look at the rectangle below. It has a length of 1 unit and a width of 1/2 unit. What is its area?
5. A rectangle has a length of 1 unit and a width of 1/3 unit. What is its area?
1/2 square unit
1/3 square unit
1 square unit
3 square units
6. Draw a rectangle with a length of 2 units and a width of 1/2 unit. Then find its area.
7. To find the area of a rectangle with fractional side lengths, you multiply the length by the width.
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