How to find the area of a rectangle - SSAT Elementary Level Quantitative

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What two shapes can you find in this shape?

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What two shapes can you find in this shape?

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What two shapes can you find in this shape?

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What two shapes can you find in this shape?

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What two shapes can you find in this shape?

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What two shapes do you see in this shape?

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What portion of the circle is striped?

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The circle is divided into four equal sizes. One piece is striped and the other tree pieces are blue. So a fourth of the circle is striped.

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A fourth means the same thing as a ____________.

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A fourth and a quarter mean the same thing because both words mean pieces.

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What two shapes can you find in this shape?

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What two identical shapes can you find in this shape?

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What two shapes can you find in this shape?

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If a rectangle has an area of 15 meters and a width is 3 meters, what is the length?

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To find the area of a rectangle, multiply the length times the width.

We know the width and area but not the length:

Divide 15 by 3 to find the length, 5 meters.

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Aaron and his family just moved into a new house. He wants to figure out the size of his new room. It is a rectangle. One side is 12 feet and the other side is 10 feet. What is the area of his new room?

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To find the area of a rectangle, multiply the length by the width .

The question tells us that the length is 12 feet and the width is 10 feet.

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If Tim draws a rectangle with a long side of 8 mm and a short side of 4 mm, what is the area?

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To find the area of a rectangle, multiply the length (8mm) by the width (4mm).

Therefore, the area is .

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What is the area of the above rectangle?

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To find the area of the rectangle, multiply the longer side (8) and shorter side (3) together.

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John needs a tablecloth that covers his entire dining room table. The tabletop measures 4 feet by 7 feet. Which of the following tablecloths should John buy?

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The tablecloth measurements are areas, shown by the units in the answer choices. Since the tabletop is 4 ft by 7 ft, John needs a tablecloth with an area of AT LEAST .

is the only answer choice that meets that requirement.

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What two shapes can you find in this shape?

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A rectangular birthday cake (shown in the diagram) measures 8 inches by 12 inches. The cake is then divided into four identical rectangular slices. What is the area of each slice?

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What is the area of the above rectangle?

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To find the area of the rectangle, multiply the longer side (12) and the shorter side (3) together.

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A rectangle has a perimeter of . One of its sides has a length of .

What is the area of the rectangle?

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The perimeter of a figure is the sum of the lengths of all its sides. Every rectangle has two sets of two equal-length sides. One set of sides is each, or when added together.

We subtract from the total perimeter to find the lengths of the remaining sides.

Since there are two remaining sides, the length of each of the remaining sides must be .

The area of a rectangle is given by multiplying the length of its longer side by the length of its shorter side.

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