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How do you find the area of a rectangle using square units?. In this lesson you will learn to cover the area of a shape by using square units. Area is the space inside a closed shape. A square unit is used to measure the area of a closed shape. 1 unit. 1 unit. Area. Perimeter.
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In this lesson you will learn to cover the area of a shape by using square units.
A square unit is used to measure the area of a closed shape. 1 unit 1 unit
Area Perimeter
We can use square tiles to show square units. 1 square tile 1 square unit
Laying square tiles like this does not cover the whole area of the rectangle.
Laying square tiles like this does not cover the whole area of the rectangle.
Laying square tiles like this covers the entire area of the rectangle.
In this lesson you have learned how to cover the area of a shapeby using square units.
Using your grid paper shapes, cover the area using square tiles.
Some of these shapes have their area covered properly, but some do not. Find the ones that do not have their area covered properly and fix them so that the area is covered properly.
Which of these shapes is covered with square tiles? Which of these is a square unit?