Area Word Problems

Materials: Set of Area Word Problems (Fractional side lengths)

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1. Choose an area word problem with fractional side lengths.

2. Use a grid to represent the product as a rectangular area

and show that the area is the same as would be found by
multiplying the side lengths.

Example: A rectangle is 4 meters long and half a meter wide. What is the area?

I shaded of four boxes in the grid. Next,

1/2 I added four times for a sum of 2. The
area of the rectangle is 2m.
x 4 = 4/2 = 2

3. Repeat with other area word problems.

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A gardener digs a flower bed that is 8 meters
long and half a meter wide. What is the area of
the flower bed?

A rectangle is twice as long as it is wide.

Its width is 5 cm. Find the area of the
rectangle.

Lisas bedroom is 6 meters long and 4 meters

wide. How much carpet will Lisa need to cover
the floor of her bedroom?

Tom built a backyard pen for his new puppy.

The length of the pen was 6 meters and the
width was 4 meters. What is the area of the
pen?

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Find the perimeter and area of a rectangle
with width 6 cm and length 10 cm.

A small city park consists of a rectangular lawn

that is 30 meters long and
20 meters wide. What is the
area of the lawn?

A rectangular swimming pool measures 16

meters by 8 meters. What is the area of the
swimming pool?

The rectangular top of a table is three times

as long as it is wide. Its width is 1 meters.
Find the area of the table top.

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A painting in the Art Gallery measures 2 meters
by 4 meters. What is the area of the painting?

A windowpane measures 40 cm by 10 cm.

What is the area of the windowpane?

I measured a door and found that it was 1

meters wide and 3 meters tall. Find the area
of the door.

The label on a tin of paint states that it

contains enough paint to cover 10m. I need to
paint a wall that measures 2 meters by 4
meters. Will I have enough paint?

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