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Area of Rectangles

Determine the area or the missing dimension of each rectangle. Show how you figured out the area or the missing dimension.

  • 1 A rectangle with one side labeled “7 in.” and one side labeled “14 in.”

    What is the area of the rectangle?

  • 2 Jill and Benson have a rectangular vegetable garden that is 23 feet by 5 feet. Venetta has a rectangular garden that is 18 by 8 feet. Which garden has a larger area? How many square feet larger is it?

  • 3 A rectangle with one side labeled “6 cm” and one side labeled “16 cm.”

    What is the area of the rectangle?


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Table of Contents

Investigations 3 in Number, Data, and Space®, Student Activity Book Unit 1 Arrays, Factors, and Multiplicative Comparison Unit 2 Generating and Representing Measurement Data Unit 3 Multiple Towers and Cluster Problems Unit 4 Measuring and Classifying Shapes Unit 5 Large Numbers and Landmarks Unit 6 Fraction Cards and Decimal Grids Unit 7 How Many Packages and Groups? Unit 8 Penny Jars and Towers