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Objective: Calculate The Area of Rectangles

This document provides instructions for calculating the area of rectangles. It explains that area is measured in square units like square centimeters and square meters. To calculate the area of a rectangle, you multiply its length by its width. For irregular shapes, you break the shape into at least two rectangles, calculate the area of each, and add them together to find the total area.

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Objective: Calculate The Area of Rectangles

This document provides instructions for calculating the area of rectangles. It explains that area is measured in square units like square centimeters and square meters. To calculate the area of a rectangle, you multiply its length by its width. For irregular shapes, you break the shape into at least two rectangles, calculate the area of each, and add them together to find the total area.

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Objective : Calculate the area of rectangles.

Area is the space inside a 2D shape. o Squares and oblongs are both rectangles.
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What is area measured in?

Area is measured in SQUARE CENTIMETRES. A square centimetre is a square in which all the sides measure 1 cm. Area is also measured in SQUARE METRES. A square metre is a square in which all the sides measure 1 metre.

How do we calculate area?


Its

really easy! Measure the length. Measure the width. Multiply the length X width to calculate the area!

Example:10 cm

5 cm

10 cm X 5 cm = 50 square centimetres = Area

How do we write units of measurement for area?

50 square centimetres would be written as 50cm2

32 square metres would be written as 32m2

When do you use cm2 or m2?

Which unit of measurement would you use to measure these areas? Area of a floppy disk? Area of a CD cover? Area of a table? Area of a netball court?

But what if you want to calculate the area of an irregular shape?

What if the shape has more than 4 sides? How can you do
Length X Width

when there isnt a length and there isnt a width?

YOU HAVE TO MAKE RECTANGLES!

Look at this shape. How could you calculate the area?


6cm 6cm 4cm

10cm

You have to create more than one rectangle.


A = 6cm X 4cm = 24cm2 B = 6cm X 4cm = 24cm2 4cm A + B = Area 24cm2 + 24cm2 = 48cm2

Like this!

6cm

6cm

B
10cm

4cm

So to calculate the area of an irregular shape


Split

the shape into at least two rectangles. Calculate the area of each one. Add the two together. Youre done!

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