SSAT Elementary Level Math : How to find the area of a rectangle
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Example Question #12 : Use Rectangles And Circles To Show Halves And Fourths: Ccss.Math.Content.1.G.A.3
If I cut a rectangle into four parts, I am cutting it in __________.
Fifths
Thirds
Fourths
Half
Fourths
When we cut something into four parts, which means the same thing as cutting it in to fourths.
Example Question #411 : Plane Geometry
How many square units make up the area of the shape below?
The shape is made up of unit squares. We can count the number of squares within the shape to find the area.
There are 
Example Question #412 : Plane Geometry
How many square units make up the area of the shape below?
The shape is made up of unit squares. We can count the number of squares within the shape to find the area.
There are 
Example Question #23 : Geometric Measurement: Understanding Concepts Of Area And Relating Area To Multiplication And To Addition
How many square units make up the area of the shape below?
The shape is made up of unit squares. We can count the number of squares within the shape to find the area.
There are 
Example Question #24 : Geometric Measurement: Understanding Concepts Of Area And Relating Area To Multiplication And To Addition
How many square units make up the area of the shape below?
The shape is made up of unit squares. We can count the number of squares within the shape to find the area.
There are 
Example Question #413 : Geometry
Use the following rectangle to answer the question:
Find the area.
To find the area of a rectangle, we will use the following formula:
where l is the length and w is the width of the rectangle.
Now, let's look at the rectangle.
We can see the length of the rectangle is 6in. We can also see the width of the rectangle is 3in.
Knowing this, we will substitute into the formula. We get
Example Question #414 : Geometry
Use the following rectangle to solve the problem:
Find the area.
To find the area of a rectangle, we will use the following formula:
where l is the length and w is the width of the rectangle.
Now, given the rectangle
we can see the length is 11in and the width is 5in. So, we can substitute. We get
Example Question #421 : Geometry
Find the area of the rectangle.
The rectangle has a length of 12cm and a width of 7cm.
The formula to solve for the area of a rectangle is length multiplied by width.
In this case that would be (12cm x 7cm).
12 x 7 is 84.
84 is then your answer. To finish your answer off with a label, you take (cm x cm) and that is where you get 
So your final answer is 
Example Question #422 : Geometry
Find the area of the following rectangle.
The length of the rectangle is three times the width of the rectangle. The width of the rectangle is 3cm.
First you must figure out the length of the rectangle.
The length was 3 times the width.
The width was 3cm, so 3 x 3 = 9.
The length of the rectangle is 9cm. Now that you have your length and width, you are able to use the formula to find the area of a rectangle which is length times width.
so your answer is 
Example Question #423 : Geometry
Find the area of the rectangle.
The width of the rectangle is half the length of the rectangle. The length of the rectangle is 12cm.
First you must find the width of the rectangle which is half of the length.
So our width is 6cm. Then you use the formula to solve for the area of a rectangle which is length times width.
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